Posted on 08/07/2017 7:42:53 AM PDT by ETL
An Australian teenager who went for a swim Saturday and came out of the water with his feet and lower legs covered in blood says tiny marine creatures are to blame.
Sam Kanizay, speaking from a hospital bed, told local media he went waist-deep into the ocean at Brighton Beach in Melbourne after playing soccer, and emerged 30 minutes later to find his knee and ankles bleeding profusely. ..."
Jeff Weir, from the Dolphin Research Institute, said the likely culprit was probably opportunistic amphipods, tiny crustaceans that latch onto decaying plant or animal matter to help break it down, Sky News reported.
"They are not there to eat us, but sometimes they might take a little bit, like mosquitoes and leeches and other things out there in the environment," he said.
But Thomas Cribb, a parasite expert from the University of Queensland, said it would be very unusual for amphipods to cause such extensive bleeding.
"It's not a parasite I've ever come across," he said.
Marine expert Michael Brown told Australia's Channel Seven's Sunrise program that he believes the small bugs eating the meat in the video could be jellyfish larvae.
"I've never seen anything like this," he said.
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I think I know what they are: They are the organism “leechum welfarum democratum” They will eat you alive if you let them.
Broken glass.
I hope for his sake, the little buggers didn’t leave anything behind.
I just got done refilling my "Nightmare Fuel Tank" with the article about raccoon worms, now this.... dammit I will never sleep again....
I am down to ZERO at this point....
Hilarious! LOL
G’day, mate!
Bloody Sam Roberts
Bloody Sam Kanizay
I’m glad I refuse to fly. That means I’ll never find myself in Australia, being eaten alive by some horrifying ocean things.
idiot.
Nobody swims in the ocean during Shark Week.
(Thank goodness he survived.)
You forgot the Blue Ringed Octopus.
That’s one of the deadliest of the bunch.
“Opportunistic Amphipods” is a good name for a hipster grunge band.
[ You forgot the Blue Ringed Octopus.
That’s one of the deadliest of the bunch. ]
My heart can only take so much... ACK.......
Is it shorter to list things that COULDN'T kill you in Australia?
the teal winged butterfly- oh wait- nope- they can kill you if you accidentally inhale one and choke to death on it
Australia has the most things that will bite, scratch, and kill that are indigenous to that continent.
Maybe it’s the rough terrain that bred these things over millenia but it’s notorious for it. Beautiful country otherwise though and lots of great people.
I guess I should have read through this thread before posting. Looks like everyone else had the same thought and even did it with pictures. You win. I lose.
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