Stinging jellyfish at Songkhla beachesA blue bottle jellyfish washed up on the sand at Samila beach in Songkhla province on Monday. (Photo supplied via Assawin Pakkawan)SONGKHLA: Blue bottle jellyfish have invaded Samila and Chalathat beaches on the southern coast of the Gulf of Thailand, with many swimmers having been stung. It resembles a small, floating blue balloon and children should be warned not to play with it. Pornthip Lohitchat, 55, a somtam vendor at Samila beach, said many people who went into the sea off the beach recently had been stung. Before, there were signs at the beach warning swimmers to beware of jellyfish.

Source: Bangkok Post June 29, 2020 06:22 UTC