Should Marathon Swimmers Suit Up Against Jellies?

... of jellyfish .) In recent years, swimmers who navigate a Long Island Sound crossing each August have emerged in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with painful, itchy welts from plate-sized Lion's mane jellies that bob at the surface. One man who swam across ...



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