This Is Why They Can’t Swim on Beaches in Australia

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[@tmtt2019]

I live in Aus. I go swimming regularly

[@Sparky6string]

Famous last words.

[@AuntyNick.]

So does everyone. This video is the biggest pile of bullshit I have seen on youtube for ages...

[@MrTriplex2]

where exactly?

[@AuntyNick.]

@@MrTriplex2 There is 35, 000 beaches here... 99% of them are normal beaches we all swim at.

[@MrTriplex2]

@AuntyNick. that's cool to know. I actually got a little scared after the video, mind sharing some more information? Like, do they really have safety nets out there, to prevent those deadly jelly fish to cross any humans?

[@williamcozart8158]

Portuguese manowar don't freaking BITE, they sting, Steve.

[@quinnoshaughnessy]

aw, c'mon. every one knows that them portuguese man 'o wars got big jaws with sharp, shiny teeth all ready to go clamping down on some one's arm and all. jeez, don't you know NUTHIN' about marine biology? kinda like them drop-bears what australia's famous for. ; D

[@johnallen9439]

"Stingrays don't attack people" Steve.

[@quinnoshaughnessy]

oh, they so do. every one knows that portuguese man 'o wars have big jaws with really sharp, shiny teeth that they use to clamp down on peoples' arms. don't you know NUTHIN' about marine biology? jeez. not to mention the drop-bears. ; D

[@quinnoshaughnessy]

@@johnallen9439 do too. they sneak up on people all the time, even when people are on land, and attack them. especially if the people have candy on them. every one knows that. ; D

[@johnallen9439]

@@quinnoshaughnessyThat was called a joke. You know a quote from Steve Irwin

[@MrDee001]

A "Beach" in Australia called Darwin that has Jellyfish, crocodiles, sharks, and no protection measures. Yeah, that beach was named appropriately for any swimmers that go there.

[@benpieper1521]

I only put this on for a laugh. I live in Queensland and this video makes Australia look 1000x more dangerous than what it really is. It's easy, don't mess around with our wildlife and the wildlife will leave you alone. It should be common sense by now.

[@susanjacquier5358]

You'd think huh? Aussies are a bit more aware than we're given credit for

[@benpieper1521]

@@susanjacquier5358 absolutely

[@SuzzyB52]

Hey Ben, mate. Ssshh, don't tell everyone. We need to keep the place all to ourselves. You know, dipstick free zone. 😊

[@benpieper1521]

@@SuzzyB52 it's a bit late for that. We have eshays everywhere. lol

[@susanjacquier5358]

😂😂😂​@@benpieper1521

[@AuntyNick.]

What a load of bullshit. We have 35,000 beaches and except for some in the far north (WHERE THERE ARE HARDLY ANY PEOPLE COMPARED WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY) THEY ARE ALL FINE TO SWIM IN.

[@user-ow3xu3go1g]

You must have a beautiful country.

[@EliteMMAv2]

Oh so some are not swimmable? So you've just proved yourself wrong. Well done

[@nicholasmlogan]

My boy got stung by a blue bottle on his fifth birthday at Bondi. It hurt him but he recovered in 25 minutes and we got ice-cream. We were back in the water the next morning when they had cleared.

[@Southernstar-RINO]

Some kids act like a dying swan when stung. Good on him for enduring that sting. His a true Aussie

[@whatevs1700]

I got stung at the same age… my mum told me not to go near the jelly fish but what 5 year old actually listens to his mum… I somehow thought it would be nice to go and pat one in the river mouth as it flowed into the sea… let’s just say the result was rather traumatic… but I survived and I learned an important lesson… listen to your mum… 😂

[@darneyoung537]

Gee I’m a 75 year old woman, I should be dead going by this Video 😂😂😂

[@marionm5311]

😂❤

[@eileeneclark9011]

4/24/24....WELCOME TO THE CLUB!

[@tom-kz9pb]

At a resort in northern Australia once, the water was so tempting that I wanted to jump right in. I had heard that jellyfish in Australia could be nasty, so I asked someone working there if getting stung would hurt a lot. He said matter-of-factly, "Oh, it can kill you." I said , "Oh, but that probably does not happen very often, right?" He said calmly, "Oh, no, somebody died here, last year." Crocodiles in Guatemala, I was willing to risk, when I saw locals swimming, but I passed on the tempting beach in Australia. I did though snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef, which was a lifetime memory.

[@FloozieOne]

Notes for Australia: 1) Don't go swimming - tiny invisible deadly stinging jellyfish, venomous sea snakes, sharks, rip currents, crocodiles (only sometimes), blue-bottle venomous jellyfish and Portuguese Man of War. 2) Don't walk on the beach, any of the above (except the rip currents) can have washed up on the beach. 3) Don't swim in the rivers, streams or ponds they are full of crocs. Don't walk along the edges of same since crocs can charge out of the water really fast. 4) Don't go walking in the bush or tall grass. 3 of the most venomous snakes in the world live there. 5) Don't walk around in your back yard. There are several kinds of very venomous spiders, some of then really big, that hide in burrows or trees. You won't see them but they sure as heck will see you. Conclusion: Stay in your house after plugging all cracks in flooring, walls, heating vents and plumbing to keep the snakes out. Install double screening on all windows and doors to keep out the thousands of disease-carrying mosquitos and the spiders. Sounds like a wildly exciting vacation.

[@daciousinoz6028]

No Australian ever does that. Live away from the tropics in the North.

[@malcolmrickarby2313]

Strangely it seems that most Australians are aware of the dangers and how to avoid them. It’s much more dangerous to be a tourist.🤔

[@gregoryparnell2775]

None of us Aussies should still be alive according to this mob of BS artists.

[@tonyedwards5249]

You forgot about the drop bears... those buggers will get you if you go bush walking away from habitation.

[@michaeljohn7398]

🤣😂😁😀😅

[@e.mjohnson9675]

You have a list of "unprovoked shark attacks"-- what exactly is a" provoked" shark attack??

[@Msfeathers7]

Haha good point.

[@jennyb9065]

You'd be unfortunately surprised

[@saintantonius6311]

Perhaps things like blow a raspberry to the sharks. Kidding.

[@user-martinpd]

Some of the sharks are affiliated with sea parties known for shark characteristics

[@malcolmrickarby2313]

I’ve been out surfing with a friend who tried hitting one on the nose but it opened its mouth and he nearly lost his thumb. 😊

[@sparkzyfulton5774]

My father told me at a very young age that if your caught in a rip currant to never try swimming against it no matter how good of a swimmer you are, always swim to the side. For our beach swim to the left side if looking at the beach. This will give you a better chance of getting out of the rip tide. Problems arise if it has pulled you under and your not sure what is what direction but if you don't panic you can feel the water movement and then try swimming sideways again. But honestly i don't believe i could not panic if fully under. I actually did get caught in one but a small one above the water atleast. Was still scary im standing on a sand bar and so fast the sandbar disappeared from under my feet and i went from being only 25-30 feet from the shore to far enough that everyone looked like little toy soldier size of something. And i was exhausted just swimming out of the rip tide and even more so swimming the rest of the way back... my father had cancer. A stomach tube and other things like in his neck and wasn't supposed to be swimming because water could get into it but he did some anyway to help encourage me that last little bit cause he could see i was struggling and he figured if i couldn't go anymore he would be there with me already atleast. Luckily he was fine and it didn't hurt him either. He had not swam in years at that point and never did go past knee deep again either. He had gotten his trache taken out at this point tho... not long after it had to be put back in so yeah alot harder to swim with a large hole in your neck and stomach. I Mean its actually more about infection but still

[@AuntyNick.]

We use the rips to get out to the breakers when we are surfing

[@vintage6346]

Scary story. Glad you are both okay.

[@sparkzyfulton5774]

@AuntyNick. yeah I can see that being a good way if not a 9 years old and wasn't caught odd guard by it In the first place. And having the board so don't have to swim without anything to help float

[@The_Crucible714]

Portuguese man o’ war are not true “jellyfish” they are a colony of animals called “siphonophores.”

[@geekdivaherself]

I got stung by one of these when I was a kid. It was hideous! Thank God my mother was an ER nurse.

[@wave8359]

and they hurt like hell !

[@SuperTemak]

The video refers to a "bite." They don't bite, they sting!

[@Drunkenduck109]

Blue bottles

[@underwaterdojo]

Algorithm had you tucked away my old friendz

[@jarrod9786]

So what I gathered from this, is stay the heck off cable beach 😂😂

[@bluelava4282]

Far away

[@AuntyNick.]

No, this is bullshit. People swim on cable beach every day... TRhis video is an outright lie.

[@malcolmrickarby2313]

Great views of the tropical sunset while riding a camel 🐪.😊

[@bluelava4282]

@@malcolmrickarby2313 Ahh Heaven 🐪 ☀

[@educatingfool216]

Like belt conveyors, rips are gift to surfers. Catch a wave in, catch a rip out.

[@martinphilip8998]

Train the crocodiles to return for a fresh chicken every day. Great plan.

[@jeffdean9324]

We can't swim on the beaches because the beach is not where the water is. We swim in the water without a problem.

[@JaceReboot]

My millennial ass had flashbacks to "Jesus walked on water but Chuck Norris can swim on land" jokes 😅 but also, fair point. Most of us can't swim in sand 😂

[@Sherr.y]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@PlayerALH]

Australia forgot to disable Hardcore

[@kellysouter4381]

All this just goes to show that Adelaide beaches, in my home state of South Australia, are the worlds finest beaches.😊

[@darronjames9671]

Everything has to be deadly in Australia 🇦🇺 😬

[@bluelava4282]

Bush pigs too

[@CoffeeCrazy]

😂 I was just thinking, why do folks live there. 😂 spiders, scorpions, pests bats and magpies, now jellyfish. 😂 edited your add dingos too oh my!! Lol

[@darronjames9671]

@@CoffeeCrazy I know right 😆

[@johnallen9439]

Except oddly enough the black people.

[@darronjames9671]

@@johnallen9439 😳😳😳😳

[@lindarushton6502]

We have nets, on Cassowary Coast. Only occasional cassowary bird on beaches.

[@juliusbernardsongalia2830]

Australia: Survival mode

[@pyronable]

I'd pay for a game based on the insanity that is Australia

[@gregoryparnell2775]

All day every day & that is just driving.

[@tonyedwards5249]

The thing with tying the chicken to the beach, it really doesn't matter if it was taken by a saltie or something else. Whatever took it, is probably still hanging around and most likely still hungry because we just gave it a chicken hors d'oeuvre.

[@DaiDaisWay]

You guys do an amazing job and I watch all your videos! I think the reminder isn't interruptive and not minded. You guy haven't done any paid advertising (yet) so definitely keep the reminder. As for the content lately.... I love it! Interesting side of wild and domestic animal life not commonly known to most. Also like the other content you post like about the buoyancy of ships and capsizing. Any true science nerd would love this channel! 3 thumbs up

[@AuntyNick.]

Well, this video is so inacurate it is offensive. No advertiser in their right mind would put their business anywhere near this claptrap.

[@davidhandyman7571]

This video and others by this channel that feature Australia is so laughable it should be in court of law being tried for defamation. Blessings from an Australian.

[@robertward553]

Ya, this is not for me. Most of the worlds most deadly snakes and spiders, now jelly fish and we all watched Crocodile Dundee.

[@wasabiginger6993]

My sister still lives there now at 69 and never been eaten or bitten ... but of course she knows like all Aussies what is there.

[@marcusjoseph1626]

Beach is just not dangerous enough ...hmmm .... add some poison spiders!!!

[@mphmph1198]

Maybe Blue-Ring Octopi will be featured in Part II.

[@GregArnott]

They're so cute and little; one could curl up in a tennis ball with room to move. They were everywhere in the waterways around Port Stephens. Just another thing to watch out for when swimming down the local!

[@stevehall734]

And perhaps Stone Fish, Cone Shells and Rock Spiders :)

[@GregArnott]

Jellyfish on shore: onshore winds; especially with Bluebottles (what you called Portuguese Manowars). As for your claim that they're deadly for a grown adult to fall into a pile of them - what a crock... when I was 7 years old I was flipped from a short-break wave onto my back landing on the collected masses of Bluebottles - head to toe almost my entire back of my body was covered in their stinging tendrils; stung like hell, but only thing that died was an afternoon's enjoyment. If you're going to prattle on about the perils of Box Jellyfish, it would help viewers if you showed images of the actual peril - help keep clueless tourists alive. Snake on cold wet sand... "looks tired"... it's a reptile. It'll be fine once it warms up. Likely washed out to sea from heavy rainfall. Most snakes are chill until you mess with them. Respect their boundaries and live. The east coast of Australia, especially mid-northern NSW, sees a large volume of migrating sharks. The only time there's an issue with them is from the ones that have gone up a fresh water river (to purge parasites, such as barnacles etc) and are returning hungry and pissed off - and an unlucky human happens to be swimming nearby. Sharks are more likely to attack at night; so with that area being much warmer for a pleasant night swim easily contributes to the likelihood of being chomped on! People don't surf at Fraser Island because the surf sucks (compared to so many easier to access options). The worst "predators" there are the mosquitos! The other things you mentioned are chill or opportunistic, but generally are zero threat if you leave them alone. Reading the surf was something we learnt as kids - being able to instantly tell rip locations and their feeding currents is a very healthy life lesson. Common sense works better when it's common. That Crock you showed in the flat surf near the shore was but an adolescent - the adults are around 20ft long and they bark like dogs/dingoes too! Crocs prefer rivers, and at the very least are easier to detect in the surf (which they prefer to avoid). Something you missed - at the beaches between Ballina and Coffs Harbour that are by natural bush land (eg Red Rock), you can find kangaroos body-surfing in the shore break. Seeming most of your "Aussie Dangers" involved irritating something to qualify, then this encounter would be more potentially dangerous than most of those you've mentioned!

[@jussikankinen9409]

Build pools near sea and sealife save

[@glenn8327]

At least you can see them,,, try the Irocanji (sp?)

[@jamesknight2198]

irukanji

[@ronski499]

You forgot to mention the Drop Bears.

[@susanjacquier5358]

😅😅😅😂...eyup! Let's talk about grizzly bears, polar bears, hippos, bison, oh, and humans in cars ..terrifying 😂 Cheers from Adelaide

[@davidhandyman7571]

Yep, they are far more dangerous than swimming.

[@robertoaguiar8082]

I’ve been to Australia twice. And I had no problems swimming at Sydney’s beaches (Manly, Bondi, and Shelly being my favorites). Tasmania is also incredible, altough i never tried to swim there. I also snorked at the great reef barrier in Queensland, altough in Cairns I only went to the public pool near the beach (due to the crocodile warning plates on the beach…😂). Wonderfull place. The only downside is the 36 hours trip to get there from my country (a 14/15h hours flight, then a 2/3 hours connection, following another 13/14h flight… thank God for the showers at my connection at Dubai’s airport). Planning to go next years again, this time to Perth, Darwin or The Gold Coast (haven’t decided yet). Australians really won the nationality lottery!!

[@chrissomerville2625]

Hey there Robert, great that you enjoy my beautiful country. I hope your next visit here is a blast buddy.

[@robertoaguiar8082]

@@chrissomerville2625thanks! And it is indeed very beatiful. It was easy falling in love with it. What region are you from? I was only able to visit Sydney, Hobart/Bruny Island, Cairns, and Melbourn so far (even though my having gone there twice). i am really dying to visit Darwin and Perth. Seems really exciting. I am also thinking of going from Perth to Sydney by train, but it is soooo expensive…😢

[@chrissomerville2625]

@@robertoaguiar8082 I live in Sydney. It’s a terrific place to reside, although getting expensive like so many cities around the world. Also, I know Perth quite well & would definitely recommend a visit. If your budget doesn’t allow, I’d say a visit to Adelaide through their wine region, then down to Kangaroo Island. Amazing trip. Cheers C

[@robertoaguiar8082]

@@chrissomerville2625that’s great! I will probably include either Perth or Gold Coast. Thank you very much for your kind replies!!! Regards! Roberto

[@RareSense]

Yeah we call them manowars blue bottles been stung by them many a time, just put vinegar, yeah they hurt a bit, just pull them off and just go back swimming. I have had red-back to funnel webs plenty of others but more huntsman etc in our house even bed, we also on other home have so many snakes, eastern browns, red bellies, tiger snakes, death adders and some pythons but only had a brown in the house there, we moved him on…. Yeah it’s all good though keep your eyes open, been treed by a razorback out shooting…. Never really worry about the sharks but had a run in with bull shark in sydney harbour but my bad as went in midnight rescuing my dog, yeah we use rips to get out the back to surf… but great place to live the only thing l don’t like is the salt water croc# as they’ll grab you out off your boat…. But just don’t lean over and keep an eye out if you’re pulling in a crab pot…. On the beaches l,ve come across sea snakes and blue ring octopus my mates kid picked up but luckily not bitten as they’ll kill you…. But seriously it’s not all that bad..

[@Southernstar-RINO]

Good ole blue bottles, you’re not a fully fledged Aussie until you’ve been tangled in the blue bottles on the beach.😂 if you want full 100% protection from jellyfish stings of any kind it’s……drumroll…….it’s woman’s stockings! Yes stockings covering your skin will 100% protect you from any jellyfish even the mighty box jellyfish can’t hurt you if your suited up head to toe in nylon stockings. but your on your own against crocodiles, stone fish, blue ring octopus, funnel web/white tip/red back spiders and great white sharks. Just dial 000 for emergency services that have access to antidote/anti venom. Keep mobile phone on you at all times in Australia, it’s your lifeline and most of Australia has coverage.

[@erents1]

Oh yes you would die if you fell into a pit full of man o war! I’ve been stung on the beach as a kid in Florida. The man o war were blown up onto the beach by high winds (that move them like a sailboat), then unsupervised by my parents I poked and prodded them until I got stung, worst pain ever!

[@billdaniel8310]

You don't go swimming in the Brisbane River, it is home to 3,000 Bull Sharks.

[@kennethsandy4741]

That was a very smooth request for the like button. Thank you

[@BillysFingers]

I live on the sunshine coast and had no idea i should be dead.... thanks to this well researched and balanced video i'm never going outside again. What actually kills most people at beaches here are rips which can be totally avoided by swimming at life-guard patrolled beaches.

[@user-McGiver]

8:51 THIS IS THE GREEK ISLAND OF CRETE!... SAFE WATERS THERE!... FEEL FREE TO VISIT AND ENJOY!...

[@henrycarlson7514]

Interesting , Thank You. Good to know and remember

[@chell1960]

I can reassure you that it’s safe to swim here in Australia. There are signs posted to warn swimmers of any dangers regarding jelly fish and any other dangerous sea creatures. There are sea plans that fly over multiple times a day during the swimming seasons to warn swimmers of potential dangers( sharks) popular swimming beaches to have life guards to aid those swimmers who get in trouble. Just like any beach in any country any shore there will be dangerous sea creatures to consider! If you choose to swim in areas that are unsafe then that is your choice!

[@EliteMMAv2]

It's not 100% safethough is it what's stopping a invisible thumb sized jellyfish from stinging me and putting me into cardiac arrest whilst neck deep in water?

[@adezone866]

Bluebottle jellyfish often swarm the beaches. Individually they are not deadly, but they pack quite a sting. I know because, when I was a young boy, a bluebottle jellyfish wrapped itself around my big toe. I was still going through puberty at the time, but by the time the venom travelled up my leg I soon knew I had some dangly bits down below when the venom hit the groin. The pain eventually passed but this kind of incident can be much worse if you swim right into a swarm and become wrapped in hundreds of tentacle stingers - then it can be life-threatening.

[@leventedonati4725]

Please can you make a video about thailands animals

[@johnvane5240]

You forgot the Irukandji jellyfish, tiny transparent jellyfish that is also incredibly painful although not quite as painful as the box jellyfish. The jellyfish is about as big as the top joint of a man’s thumb but has a venom 1000 times deadlier than a tarantulas and 100 times deadlier than a king cobras.

[@Moulton_Lava]

What's next..... Godzilla shows up

[@clivedinosaur8407]

You forgot the blue-ringed octopus, the stonefish and the irukandji jellyfish.

[@EliteMMAv2]

Isnt the irikanji jellyfish a variant of the boxjellyfish

[@clivedinosaur8407]

@@EliteMMAv2 yes, the main differentiation is the size....box jelly tentacles are several meters long but the slightly less deadly (but still lethal) irukandji jellyfish can be as small as a 2 or 3cm in length.

[@JoyPeace-ej2uv]

Some USA beaches put up nets to keep sharks or jellyfish out of a swimming area.

[@wetwingnut]

So, basically, Australia should be referred to as "Skull Island".

[@victoriakennedy4811]

they say that the different jelly fish come from the cargo ships that pass by regularly along the coast of Australia and they get them from the bilge water in the ships when they clean them out.

[@GregArnott]

That's mostly things like the Crown Of Thorns Starfish, which is the mongrel killing off the Great Barrier Reef. The Bluebottles and the other common jellyfish that was shown end up on the beach from onshore winds... they're not the brightest of creatures.

[@eetuandersson4229]

Australia sounds like fun😎

[@malcolmrickarby2313]

We love it!😊

[@gregstuart9783]

This is actually fairly accurate! Just use common sense, follow the warning signs thru the seasons, and enjoy the best beaches the world has to offer!

[@Curious_Betsy]

Lol, Crocodiles don't attack humans. Well at least not locals anyway.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Tourists only. They taste better.

[@Zyzyx442]

Nature is scary

[@drchristinecarr969]

NSW beaches are perfectly safe. You wouldn’t want to swim when there are heaps of jellyfish about! There’s always the home pool! 🇦🇺😛

[@giannidcenzo]

Rock and roll tuna pants

[@KRONIK3636]

I thought those little stinging jellyfish were blue bottles, & portugese man of war are huge. Ive been stung horrifically by multiple blue bottles as a kid & it was excruciating for hours.

[@user-McGiver]

no wonder why Australians visit other countries with the same good weather to... ''relax and enjoy the sun and the sea''...

[@rosemarylusty8045]

And the cassowary!

[@weatherman1978]

I am only here to browse through the Aussie comments which are way more entertaining and informative than this video 😂😂

[@axepagode4321]

What happens when a saltwater croc gets stung by a Portuguese Man of War jellyfish. Does the croc's heart seize up?

[@GregArnott]

Crocs are one of the "perfected apex predators" in that they've not really changed in eons! Those Bluebottles be like popping bubble-wrap to them!

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

Well, they float to the surface and the sharks eat them. Nothing to worry about.

[@megsinaus4207]

What about Irukandji jellyfish? Worse than or just as bad as these others but these guys are TINY and kill

[@TKEVERYDAY-xr6wy]

i have never seen something like that

[@marionm5311]

Lol you missed the Stone fish at bundy?

[@KyleHunter-kn1tm]

Dont let a Port Jackson Shark get you ahahahaha

[@TheCatsofVanRaptor]

2:51 excuse me, why are the power puff girls not helping!?

[@ninalehman9054]

There is a tiny box jellyfish which can sneak through the netting and sting people. Add to that, box jellyfish have rudimentary vision!

[@tenabarnes3269]

You are talking about the box jellyfish that is about the size of an average adult thumbnail, the irakhanji probably not spelled right lol. but it is Australias most poisonous jellyfish and can kill in less than 20 minutes without medical intervention. Even with medical intervention the pain lasts 24 hours along with the symptoms.

[@ninalehman9054]

@@tenabarnes3269 That’s the one!

[@TheKira699]

That's why a lot of people, especially Life Savers, wear panty hose on the legs as the stings cannot get through the mesh.

[@MICHAELplayz2012]

I saw jelly fish washed up on beach up in Townsville

[@agzabatmd]

Salt water crocodiles and sharks too!

[@sherylbrown6943]

Omg .. 🤣🤣🤣🤣is this for real … ?I was born in Australia 🇦🇺 and I’m still alive .. thank you Jesus .😂😂😂😂

[@ninehundreddollarluxuryyac5958]

People still swim at Florida's beaches even though the water is horribly polluted with fertiliser runoff from corporate farms. Antibiotic resistant flesh eating bacteria thrives on the fertiliser. Many swim and only a few die, but it is a gruesome death.

[@chaosopher23]

Daleks of the oceans!

[@billnuttall7281]

you forgot the drop bears and owmydoodle birds absolutely deadly ???

[@mmarus]

I have said this a million times... I AM NEVER GOING TO AUSTRALIA!!!!

[@cyborghampster1633]

Damn, Australia. You scary.

[@TrueDisaster-]

I wouldn't even swim on my English coasts let alone Australia..

[@kavalogue]

Because the government outlawed it and banned anything involving The word "beach" online

[@kittycat4900]

You can't swim on any beaches. You have to swim in water.

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

I have been stung by Portuguese man of war several times. It’s painful, and the nematocysts continued to cause itching and inflammation on the sting sites for over a week. I wouldn’t recommend it, but it was not NEARLY as bad as I was led to believe.

[@DECK2509]

2:43 oh my word there is ACTUALLY a City of Townsville. Where the PPG?

[@marthacoomber3188]

For jelly fish, Just cover your body with panty hose. You’ll be right mate👍

[@gregstuart9783]

Yeah, wotever, keep a bottle of white vinegar in your car and ice in your eski, enjoy the beach!

[@phillipjones3829]

what about Irukandji , blue ring octopus , stone fish , scorpion fish and the list keeps going . and i still go swimming

[@spliffdelakong5422]

Friend of mine has been shot in the calf but closer to his ankle (didn't know him then) AND gotten stung by a man o war (cause his dumbass was tryin to pick it up and the ten tickles... ha ha... got him in the belly). Didn't witness it myself but saw him and the results that night. He said he'd rather get shot than deal with the pain of that sting again ever.

[@raybinzay1913]

There nothing to worry about in EGYPTIAN beaches

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

What a beat up!

[@raphlvlogs271]

a bigger risk to take overall

[@deborahstafford8850]

Spent my life swimming in waters of Oz. Threats = get out of the water.

[@BladeStar-uq6xe]

Not safe anywhere in Australia!

[@stuartharrison9944]

TOTAL B.S. 😡

[@susanb8354]

Do jellyfish sting each other when they’re piled up on a beach?

[@Baltimoreed]

Pain that can last over an hour or even longer? Whats even longer than over an hour? In Australia everything wants to kill you.

[@PANTTERA1959]

The chicken is on land BECAUSE crocks leave tracks.

[@user-yo5yb8ly8i]

Lets see about the largest river in the world dried up..... how does it rain around other places now .... ?

[@friends-xu3fq]

Think I will stick to the pool

[@pedrogabrielduarte4544]

I already KNOW THAT!

[@bluelava4282]

OKAY

[@OlyChickenGuy]

I'mma rate your first obligatory beg of this video a 3, due to the length and request for extra engagement, haha. Honestly, with how loud and obnoxious some folk's obligatory begging sections are, I really ought to give y'all a 1 for all of your asks so far. (Lookin at you, Simon Wistler, JackSepticEye, and Oompaville)

[@PURPLE_HAZE.de.]

I will never go to Australia, land of horrors

[@desking8065]

Nobody can swim on beaches as your headline says. If you want to swim you have to get in the water.

[@sharkscrapper]

Is there anything in Australia that isn't trying to kill us?

[@bluelava4282]

Tim Tams and Meat Pies 🥧 Cane Toad Margaritas

[@The_Crucible714]

Nicole Kidman…? _oh, never mind._

[@bluelava4282]

@@The_Crucible714 she kill’s me

[@ronski499]

Koalas