... about jellyfish visitors JELLYFISH and beach-goers tend to come in contact with each other during the summer months and the union may unfortunately be memorable for the latter if stinging is involved. It must be said in their defence that jellyfish don't ...

... Expert allays local fears over numbers of beached jellyfish LOCALS from the Kilmuckridge area have recently become alarmed by a large quantity of jellyfish washed up on Morriscastle beach. 'The beach is covered in them,' said one local lady who is among ...

... Lifeguard James Power keeps a watchful eye out for jellyfish at beach. - -.*, - ,-- - - - • -.war.- ''. ' - ...

... beach in question it struck me that there were certainly an awful lot of the small blue jellyfish known as By-the-wind-sailor. The name is a good one as the jellyfish is made up of two parts, an oval horizontal float with bright blue tentacles hanging down ...

... unloved marine matures goes. Ws all know that mass strandings of jellyfish sometimes occur on the beach. Everyone knows that. However, is very little understanding of why and how die jellyfish strand and at what time of yar they are most plentifl. To address ...

... and use strips of Sellotape to remove fragments of jellyfish tissue adhering to the skin. These fragments of tissue should not be touched as stinging cells can fire house after 'death'. Dead jellyfish cast up on the strand can also sting so poking them ...

... 200 kg of jellyfish per day. It is, therefore, important for the turtles to find 'hotspots' where jellyfish are particularly abundant. Arklow-born marine biologist Tom Doyle and his colleagues have been conducting aerial surveys of jellyfish in the south ...

... reptile. Tintlos food on jellyfish. you sea. so, bettor understanding of jellyfish is Moly to lead to grimier insights into the Riestyle of die turtles. Torn Doyle is prepared to give talks free of charge on turdes. Jellyfish and related matters. So, ...

... sailing and right sailing ones. Biologically, it is a simply a matter of reverse symmetry. The survival advantage for the jellyfish is that if some are blown ashore and stranded, others tack offshore and survive. All of the specimens I found were left sailing ...

... ridges. Sightings of Leatherback turtles and jellyfish are urgently required. The scientist in charge on the Irish end of the project is Tom Doyle. Full details about Tom, the survey, pictures of turtles and jellyfish and much more besides may be accessed on ...

... Leatherback Turtles off our shores is June to October. During these months the animals enter coastal waters hunting for jellyfish, their main prey. Since Leatherback Turtles can grow to be the size of a small punt, can weigh up to 916 kilogrammes, and ...

... Velella Irish A JELLYFISH called Velella made headlines in the national media last week. Millions of them were washed up in County Kerry according to reports on radio and in the press. I found four on my local beach; not four million, just four. The previous ...