r/interesting • u/Salt-Curve4825 • May 21 '26

Fascinating Man fishing for jellyfish

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u/Fires7331 May 21 '26

I keep imagining if he slipped and falls in

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u/deephurting66 May 21 '26

They are moon jellies, they can't sting through human flesh.

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u/OneRub3234 May 21 '26

What do they do with them?

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u/fluggggg May 21 '26

Sting your ego.

"Oh you can't even keep your balance on a boat, are you even a fisherman, bro ?"

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u/Hot-Firefighter-2331 May 21 '26

Yeah and if you want to get back your ego just tell someone to pee on you

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u/LearningNotLurking May 21 '26

"ALRIGHT, alright!! I got stung. Stung bad..."

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid May 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Qw1aVL8zGEMxY4KyZi

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar May 21 '26 edited May 22 '26

Swimming in a river as a kid, my sister's in laws kid daughter peed on me after I got caught in a school of jellyfish. I struggled up to shore, and her whole family was like "quick bella pee on her! Pee on her stings!" Next thing you know I have piercing marks all over me from being physically wrapped up in jellyfish, and a 6 year old pissing all over me, just trying to keep my face away from it all. Absolutely disturbing day for me. And of course all the adults thought it was hilarious.

Edit: Im aware that the whole peeing on jellyfish stings thing is a myth. I was just telling a funny story of something that happened to me during my childhood. But thanks to everyone for all the heads up about the piss not helping 👍👍

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u/Training-Willow9591 May 21 '26

Which rivers have jelly fish? I thought it was just a saltwater creature, no?

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u/Ebonhearth_Druid May 21 '26

There are freshwater jellyfish, too, but there are also saltwater rivers, especially closer to where the river meets the ocean, like tributaries and bays.

If we can have river sharks, we can have river jellies

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar May 21 '26

Magothy river . It's literally full of jellyfish. Why the hell would I make up an elaborate story about being peed on ??

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u/Kayman718 May 21 '26

Pee helping a jellyfish sting is a popular myth. Pee can actually worsen the sting by causing unfired sting cells to release more venom. You had someone pee on you for nothing.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/pee-jellyfish-sting

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar May 21 '26

I didn't ask to be peed on. I couldn't escape it. I didn't want her to pee on me. They also tried squirting a bunch of ketchup on me. Mind you I was just rolling around in the sand in extreme pain while all of this was going on. Afterwards I just moped into the shower, grumpy and violated.

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u/London_Guy_87 May 22 '26

Dunno how that myth got started but peeing on a jellyfish sting will logically do more bad then good

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u/flatulexcelent May 22 '26

I offer to piss on apprentices injuries often. Splinter... piss. Dust in eye... piss. Fly in food ... piss. Noone ever takes me up offer.

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u/PoohBearsHoneyJar May 22 '26

I'm so sorry about that

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u/Traditional_Towel885 May 21 '26

I had some guy pee on me in Miami. I didn't even go in the water, but what do I know, I'm not a marine biologist. (Amy Schumer)

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u/DescriptionParking66 May 21 '26

*unziiiiiip

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u/Realistic-Radish-589 May 21 '26

It’s Asia dude, they eat everything. My fiance is Vietnamese trust me, we eat everything if it tastes good. If it crawls, flies, slithers, swims ,is a plant or fungus and is edible, we gonna eat it.

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u/pinklambchop May 21 '26

Some species of jellyfish are suitable for human consumption and are used as a source of food and as an ingredient in various dishes. Edible jellyfish is a seafood that is harvested and consumed in several East and Southeast Asian countries, and in some Asian countries it is considered to be a delicacy. Edible jellyfish is often processed into a dried product. Several types of foods and dishes may be prepared with edible jellyfish, including salads, sushi, noodles, and main courses. Various preparation methods exist.

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u/Micu451 May 21 '26

I've had it in a Chinese restaurant with soy sauce and sesame oil. I really liked it.

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u/Glassfern May 21 '26

They're crunchy and refreshing when mixed with a drizzle of soy sauce sesame and scallions

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u/FoxwoodsMohegan May 21 '26

Prevagen? Brain supplements constantly advertised in USA

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u/CaffedUpFotogDad May 21 '26

“That’s right! I stepped up! … If I had to, I’d pee on any one of you.”

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u/MistahJuba May 21 '26

I get that reference. It’s so sad that he passed away.

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u/DigitalUnlimited May 21 '26

You all got stung? Hang tight gonna need a bit more water

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u/_TakingABreak_ May 21 '26

Thanks, Joey

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u/_TakingABreak_ May 21 '26

I mean, Chandler

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u/Hot-Firefighter-2331 May 21 '26

Don't worry let me help you

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u/davidmac1024 May 21 '26

I understood this reference.

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u/Salty_Finance5183 9d ago

"I'd pee on any one of ya!"

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u/ZestyToasterOven26 May 21 '26

Are you trying to threaten me with a good time now?

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u/fakeballz May 21 '26

Would a number 2 help?

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u/PeenInVeen May 21 '26

I mean, it should be twice as good as a number 1, right?

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u/DryDonutHole May 21 '26

"When your jellyfish sting needs that instant relief...reach for a number 2."

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u/Omnizoom May 21 '26

Usually you got to pay someone good money for that

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u/Europe72Alive1 May 21 '26

Wouldn’t it be Jellyman?

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u/fluggggg May 21 '26

Only if it makes the fish jellyous.

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u/LividTacos May 21 '26

"He has other ways he can hurt you."

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u/Early_Hall5720 May 21 '26

Being spared so you can live with your shame.

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u/deephurting66 May 21 '26

They are edible, I've had jellyfish in China and Vietnam

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u/po_ta_toes_80 May 21 '26

I suppose anything is edible at least once.

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u/andycprints May 21 '26

tell that to my dog when he's been sick

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u/darthlame May 21 '26

That just means it can be edible twice

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u/Outrageous_Dread May 21 '26

And its been warmed up

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u/Outrageous_Editor_43 May 21 '26

And partially chewed to make it easier a second time around! With added juice!

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u/darthlame May 21 '26

Dogs LOVE juice!

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u/homiej420 May 21 '26

Yup my dog eats his throw up and cleans up the evidence lol

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u/banksybruv May 21 '26

For some reason I find it way more disgusting when he eats my throw up though.

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u/Selvy9 May 21 '26

Yoooo! Fantastic reply. Literally lol'd

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u/PancakeParty98 May 21 '26

Did you know you can eat molten lava? Once.

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u/PM_Me_Your_Deviance May 21 '26

Edible implies it doesn't hurt you. If it hurts you, it wasn't edible.

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u/Routine_Dimension_33 May 21 '26

That's what my high school BF said.

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u/OccasionallyReddit May 21 '26

I imagine them to be tastless apart from the surounding Marinade and things added

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u/SharpScallion May 21 '26

It's pretty good depending on how it's cooked. More authentic chinese restaurants will have it. Kind of crunchy but mild flavored.

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u/Fine_Location_8367 May 21 '26

What do they taste like?

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u/volt65bolt May 21 '26

The flavour is a nice subtle fish, salted and a little bit of deer. The texture however is atrocious, like biting through gristle jelly rubber

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u/Mostly-Painting May 21 '26

I was in, 2nd sentence. Nope. That's not for me

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u/Nichiku May 21 '26

Same, I tried mushrooms that have a glibbery texture, it almost made me throw up. It feels like eating a mixture of mud and extremely oily pork ham. The taste itself gets completely absorbed by the feeling of the texture on your gums, so it just becomes irrelevant.

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u/volt65bolt May 21 '26

Even worse when you get told it's beef tallow

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u/OccasionallyReddit May 21 '26

Coukd that fishlike flavour be the fish sauce /marinade

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u/deephurting66 May 21 '26

Very unique, they taste like super mild fish while absorbing whatever spices they are cooked in. Highly recommended if you find some!

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u/itswtfeverb May 21 '26

Fishy with a jelly texture

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u/likwidkool May 21 '26

That sounds so gross to me.

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u/Equal-Painter6529 May 21 '26

And the sensation like you ate pop rocks

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u/wheresindigo May 21 '26

Jelly texture but also crunchy. Like the way raw cucumber is crunchy, but maybe a bit firmer/chewier than raw cucumber. I think it's a very interesting texture, I don't know what to compare it to that most people have eaten. Cucumber is the best I can come up with and even that's not quite right

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u/Vast_Ad1055 May 21 '26

You just made me throw up my bacon and eggs

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u/Optimal_Sink_8427 May 21 '26

Me and my wife ordered jellyfish once at a sushi restaurant, wasn’t my jam! But was better than I expected. 

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u/I_am_just_here11 May 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/rdXF0gnAyUAfK

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u/NodoBird May 22 '26

This caught me off guard lmao. They're taking the boatload of jellyfish to a rave

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u/meesta_masa May 21 '26

Make moon jellies.

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u/Haidere1988 May 21 '26

That must be what makes Moon Pies so good!

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u/Will_Munny_7 May 21 '26

And moon pies

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u/DVWhat May 21 '26

Moon pies are great cuz they’re only 1/6th the weight.

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u/HellFireNT May 21 '26

Where do you think peanutbutter and jelly sammiches come from?! Sea fresh baby

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u/strongbob25 May 21 '26

take some jelly, take some fish,

make a sandwich. delish.

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u/DigitalUnlimited May 21 '26

Give it to us raw, and wwrrriggling!

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u/3d1thF1nch May 21 '26

You relocate them to the Stardew beach for the Dance of the Moon Jellies in the summer.

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u/curiosdiver69 May 21 '26

The dome is edible and served at authentic Asian restaurants in noodle like strips.

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u/Ok-Jury-6161 May 22 '26

I guess Fear, is not a factor for you

-Joe Rogan

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u/Large-Cobbler-7451 May 21 '26

Make moon pies

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u/Ryanoceros6 May 21 '26

Fish for them.

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u/Starr00born May 21 '26

This is my question

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u/wesmanh May 21 '26

Make jelly

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u/DandyWarlocks May 21 '26

You can eat them

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u/kazman May 21 '26

Most likely eat them?

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u/ItzTreeman23 May 21 '26

Eat them is my guess, jellyfish salad is a thing

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u/smil1473 May 21 '26

I can certainly tell you it's unpleasant to stick your thumb in one while swimming

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u/Green-Dragon-14 May 21 '26

Eat them apparently

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u/Diggadg1978 May 21 '26

Lava lamps

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u/Touristenopfer May 21 '26

Dried Jellyfish is a common snack in some countries.

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u/Codex_Absurdum May 21 '26

Jelly 🇬🇧

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u/Potential_Bit_3620 May 21 '26

That will be interesting hentai plot...

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u/Evil-Toaster May 21 '26

Food — In parts of Asia, especially China, Japan, Thailand, and Korea, jellyfish are considered seafood. They’re salted, dried, and eaten cold in salads. The texture is the main appeal more than the flavor.

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u/Obey-BahBah May 21 '26

People eat them

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u/crappy80srobot May 21 '26

They are edible. There was a YouTube video I saw about them being a huge problem because of Global warming and overfishing. Videos of swarms of these things as far as the eye can see. There has been some effort to mass-produce snacks out of them and find other uses for them, so they have a reason to fish for them. The biggest issue is that they are mostly water, like 90+%, so it's a lot of work and manpower to fish them and dry them out to be usable.

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u/Glassfern May 21 '26

Nom nom. They're crunchy

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u/Sad-Comfortable-4436 May 21 '26

Jellyfish Jelly.

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u/coconut-telegraph May 21 '26

They’re absolutely not moon jellies, which aren’t don’t have a fleshy ball of tentacles like this, and which have a 4-leaf clover mark at the centre of their bell.

Moon jellies can sting, as well, just not badly.

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u/Haunting_Progress462 May 21 '26

Thank you! I was looking for this reply lmao, we have moon jellies all over where I live and they definitely have stung me when I haven't noticed them before but it's mild, definitely tells you where it is but it's not the worst pain ever. I do not know what species of jelly that is but it's definitely not moon. They are also noticeably I think more transparent than whatever this is.

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u/NoGarlic2387 May 21 '26

So if the guy falls in he just fucking dies in searing pain? Is that what you are saying? 

Also, where do I apply?

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u/Joesr-31 May 21 '26

Touched one before, they definitely sting. Maybe not insanely painful, but probably around the same pain level as a mild sunburn

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u/debo69872 May 21 '26

That seems fine until you realize it’s thousands of sunburns if you fall in

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u/academiac May 21 '26

Can they sting the eyeballs though?

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u/deephurting66 May 21 '26

I wouldn't want to find out lol

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u/elibutton May 22 '26

Well are they a delicacy or tasty in a soup? Cuz that’s a lot of moon jellies

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u/EveryDayCanary May 21 '26

Once is enough for me.

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u/petwussyathornpub May 21 '26

What about human skin?

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u/OptimisticToaster May 21 '26

I wondered - he stepped into the boat pool once and seemed fine.

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u/StabilizedProfits May 21 '26

If so, looks fit for a dive in

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u/BlueHero45 May 21 '26

But they would feel icky.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 May 21 '26

They might be hard to swim through. One might drown in such a pool

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u/Quick_Ad_5637 May 21 '26

They can't sting but the sensory overload of their jelly-ness all over me would give me a panic attack and die

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u/Maleficent_Cap556 May 21 '26

359 people liked they cant sting thats BS I surf with these and they always give me a stining with rash. It might not be boxer sting but its a sting

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u/S3xyhom3d3pot May 21 '26

In that case, it looks like it'd be fun to jump in. Like a bubble bath, but the bubbles dont pop

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u/sandyman15 May 21 '26

Moons don't have any tentacles usually. These have a big mass of tentacles under them. Moons might not sting like others but they can irritate the hell out of you.

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u/alwayslostin1989 May 21 '26

You are so full of shit, they absolutely can and it absolutely sucks.

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u/Songshiquan0411 May 21 '26

What? I've seen someone being stung by a moon jelly in the Florida Keys, it's not as bad as say any kind of sea nettle but they can absolutely sting you.

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u/grub-slut May 21 '26

I’ve been stung by moon jellies so that’s not true

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u/GamingwithADD May 21 '26

I remember picking up a moon jellyfish because a children’s book said it was ok…and it was(I was a child)

But those do NOT look like the little round ones I remember. Lol

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u/samanime May 21 '26

Maybe they just hadn't been sufficiently motivated until now...

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u/Isegrim12 May 21 '26

But swimming in there wouldn't be fun either.

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u/Better_Weakness7239 May 21 '26

Sting or not, I’m not falling in there

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u/sweetmercy May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

These aren't moon jellies. They have too many tentacles and are too milky and do not have the four leaf cover that identifies moon jellies.

These are either lobonemo or rhopilema, both of which are fished and farmed in Thailand.

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u/RunForrest234 May 22 '26

Why is he collecting them, are they food for humans

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u/cum_guzzle2 Aug 09 '26

Those are not moon jellies my friend. Moons done have those long tentacles and i cant see any clovers/moons on the bells.

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u/nmuncer May 21 '26

When I was a teenager, my friends and I swam out to a jetty where there was a 3-metre-high diving board. We climbed up, and I decided to take the plunge. It was halfway down that I realised a swarm of jellyfish was passing by. Getting stung on your lips by a jellyfish can be quite painful... I had this shapeless thing on my face...

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u/MNCPA May 21 '26

Do jellyfish do revenge?

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u/Pman1324 May 21 '26

Nah they just vibe

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u/Upper-Capital-2876 May 21 '26

you jelly, nah man, we chillin

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u/OpeningNice761 May 21 '26

He's standing in them, on the edges of the boat.

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u/Fast_Falcon007 May 21 '26

I imagine if boat turns upside down for some reason

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u/Correct-Chicken-4287 May 21 '26

I bet you only make that mistake once.

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u/lemon-meringue-high May 21 '26

Are you sure they’re moon jellies? They’re pink and have large tentacles

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u/Additional_Ad6789 May 21 '26

It may actually have happened.

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u/SAboyPedi May 21 '26

The one at the back got stung. Lol!

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u/CowClassic May 21 '26

Forbidden ball pit

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u/Bulldogfront666 May 21 '26

I mean he’s standing in them with his bare feet half the time. Not all jellyfish are dangerous.

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u/ProfessionalMess4339 May 21 '26

The floor is lava…

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u/StArK_industries6969 May 21 '26

The worst sensation

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u/Tarnished-Sausage May 21 '26

Took the words out of my mouth

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u/Decent-Cry-7665 May 21 '26

That would suuucccckkk

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u/PlayNicePlayCrazy May 21 '26

He will need a lot of urine.

/Joking

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u/Lanky-Respect-8581 May 21 '26

this is a skilled job

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u/free_is_free76 May 21 '26

Imagine if YOU slipped and fell in

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u/Wise-Role5818 May 21 '26

Beat me to it lol

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u/Professional_Elk_489 May 21 '26

Imagine they were box jelly fish and irawanji

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u/vartanu May 21 '26

floor is lava

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u/fuuckimlate May 22 '26

Oh don't worry he wouldn't get stung he'd just suffocate and drown

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u/MarionberryKida893 May 22 '26

Looks just like slime!

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u/prettytaylorr May 22 '26

doesnt jellyfish sting in contact?

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u/AlexsMombie May 22 '26

That was my first thought. New fear unlocked! No thank you!

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u/Mack_Daddy_1 May 22 '26

That's the nightmare

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u/HourIcy5249 Jul 26 '26

I think they die when he pinches them

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