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- From: haycock@marley.think.com (Anne Haycock)
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- Subject: Re: WORDS-L TP: Nancy's Science/Nature Question
- Date: 25 Jan 93 14:22:29
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- In-reply-to: LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU's message of Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:40:03 +1100
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- Carolyn informs:
-
- Torkel, there are all sorts of 'nasties' in the oceans from Northern Queensland
- along the coast to Broome in Western Australia. Stepping on a stonefish can
- indeed kill you but you'll die from that before you drown. There's also the
- sea-snakes; blue-ringed octopus; and sea wasps to look out for and even if
-
- Even in Sri Lanka I never heard of "sea wasps"...I, too. always considered
- Portugese Man-o-Wars the most venomous...is there another name for "sea
- wasp" (not P MOW, but another?)...perhaps that'll spark a memory.
-
- I remember rowing out w/friends to a kind of atoll on the Trincomalee side
- of Sri and trailing my hand the water...right through what seemed a sea of
- billowy, iridescent jelly fish...stings and a burning sensation were a
- powerful reminder that what may look beautiful and harmless can often be
- just the opposite.
-
- //anne//
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