Clinging jellyfish — who pack a shocking sting — have been spotted in Cape May and Barnegat Bay.
isn’t enough to worry about, “clinging” jellyfish from the Pacific Ocean that pack a shocking sting have been spotted on the Jersey Shore. “Just a heads up folks. I picked up a couple of clinging jellyfish in the northern part of Barnegat Bay this weekend,” warned Paul Bologna, a Montclair State University marine biologist, posted online May 21.
“So if you are in the shallow grass beds be wary of these little nasty stingers.”Bologna, who monitors the jellies and post updates on the Facebook page, said these babies live in the “back bay areas” and are no day at the beach. “These little guys, these clingers, live in grass beds and algae. So they’re in shallow water. So if you’re out there throwing the football in the shallow water, you may run into ’em. And because they’re so small, you might not even see them or notice them,” Bologna told The Post. Clinging jellyfish possess a powerful sting and lurk in grass beds and algae, warned Paul Bologna, a biology professor and the director of the Marine Biology and Coastal Sciences Program at Montclair State University.“They’re kind of insidious because when you get stung, it’s not bad immediately, but four or five hours later the extreme pain starts to kick in.” Bologna likened the pain to “getting a charley horse . . . bad muscle spasms. Imagine your whole body doing that.” The tiny critters usually populate NJ in mid-May, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection.The jellyfish have dozens of alternating short and long tentacles that contain the stinging cells.They are only the size of a quarter, but their sting can send someone to the hospital.This year they’re “the furthest south that we’ve ever seen them,” Bologna told NJ.com.The body of the adult is “mostly transparent” in appearance with a single distinctive reddish-orange to yellow cross.Share this article:
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