One day while standing on the shore letting the waves hit my feet I got stung by a jelly fish. I wasnt for sure at first what had happened cause it was a stingy sensation around my ankles. Then the wave went back to reveal the string like tenticle. Then I saw the head and thought oh now I know what this is. If you have never been stung. let me enlighten you...it stings like a bee sting all over and it makes you want to itch the stung areaa really bad. They say that urine or vinegar are good pain stabalizers but I had neither, so It took an hour or so to ride it out. They are not fun to deal with at all and they make a day at the beach a major bummer!!