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The warning comes after Lion\u2019s Mane jellyfish washed up around the North Coast(Image: National Trust NI)<\/p>\nSightings have sparked warnings for beach-users to take careThe warning comes after Lion\u2019s Mane jellyfish washed up around the North Coast(Image: National Trust NI)<\/p>\n
Visitors have been warned to look out for but not touch giant jellyfish which have been seen on a beach along the coast of Northern Ireland. The enormous creatures are thought to be Lion’s Mane which, while not poisonous, can sting.<\/p>\n
A number of them have been seen along the North Coast<\/a> and have sparked warnings for beach-users to take care if they see them as they can not only sting but could also potentially cause an allergic reaction.<\/p>\n And while these sightings are on a north east beach, they are regular visitors to the sands around the country during the warmer months. The National Trust<\/a> has warned people to look, but definitely don’t touch when it comes to these giant creatures, which can give a nasty sting and are found off the coast around the UK and Ireland in the summer.<\/p>\n Sharing a Facebook<\/a> warning from National Trust NI after they spotted a few Lion\u2019s Mane jellyfish washing up around the North Coast, SDLP<\/a> Foyle MP Colum Eastwood said: “If you\u2019re thinking of taking a trip to the beach with the family <\/a>this week just take some extra precautions – keep any pets away, try to wear wet shoes in the water and don\u2019t touch them if you see them – they give a really nasty sting.”<\/p>\n Most stings from sea creatures in the UK are not serious and can be treated with first aid. Sometimes you may need to go to hospital.<\/p>\n Advice from the NHS<\/a> on how to treat a jellyfish sting is:<\/p>\n Members of the public should visit a minor injuries unit if they have severe pain which does not go away; they have been stung on the face or genitals; they believe they have been stung by a stingray; they’ve been stung by a sea creature in a tropical country or have a high temperature or a wound that does not get better after being stung by a sea creature while travelling outside the UK.<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> here<\/a> <\/strong>and<\/strong> sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> <\/strong>here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sightings have sparked warnings for beach-users to take careThe warning comes after Lion\u2019s Mane jellyfish washed up around…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[80195,600,390,81144,26793,91883,1144,70,925,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-234873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-co-derry","9":"tag-facebook","10":"tag-family","11":"tag-in-the-know","12":"tag-national-trust","13":"tag-north-coast","14":"tag-northern-ireland","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-sdlp","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114789667624763253","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n