Thailand’s beaches are littered with warning posters – resorts have been attacked by highly poisonous killer jellyfish, far more dangerous than the “fire jellyfish” that scared tourists in the Bok Horani National Park in Krabi a week ago. The Tourism Authority of Thailand has urged divers, swimmers, and snorkels not to take risks on the beaches, where warning posters about jellyfish were placed – meeting with them can be fatal for tourists due to severe allergic reactions.
It will be recalled that thousands of small but deadly poisonous animals were dumped on Hong Island last Sunday in Krabi Than Bok Horani National Park. It was specified that the change in wind direction brought them to the island. Experts expect that dangerous sea creature will start to leave the shore in 1-2 days. Then the experts will check the water and only then tourists on the island of Hong will be allowed to swim again.
Earlier, the head of the national park has warned tourists that even fire jellyfish are very poisonous, their burns cause severe burning pain or even death in case of a serious allergic reaction. They even got the name not because of its pink-red color, but because of its powerful bite.
But they are being replaced by more dangerous box jellyfish, in fact, killer jellyfish, experts warn. They recall that last year a 9-year-old Israeli boy was killed by a jellyfish bite on the island of Pha Ngan. The tragedy occurred on Haad Rin beach on the southeast side of the island, when a box jellyfish stung a young tourist.
The box jellyfish is considered one of the deadliest creatures in the world. What’s unpleasant is that you can meet them all year round in the Gulf of Siam and the Andaman Sea. However, in general, poisonous jellyfish are most common there from July to October.