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Why do people swim in Northern Territory beaches knowing these creatures are present?:
Sea Wasp
Irukandji Jellyfish
http://www.marine-medic.com.au/pages.../irukandji.asp
Blue-Ringed Octopus
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/wilde...article_em.htm
Stonefish
Crocodiles
This is to say nothing of the sharks, stingrays, swordfish, and sea snakes. I think if you are found swimming in a Northern Territory beach you should be entitled to disability benefits on the grounds of mental ******ation.
Sea Wasp
Pain is instant and severe and described as being "branded with red hot irons"; victims usually scream with pain.....If the victim lives, blistering and skin necrosis occur over the next few hours; scarring often occurs, and lasts for life. Victims may rapidly stop breathing, sometimes within a few minutes of the initial envenomation, with death occurring rapidly unless prompt first aid and medical aid is available.
http://www.marine-medic.com.au/pages...l/chironex.aspIrukandji Jellyfish
...pains are severe, unbearable and come on in 'waves' (similar to labour pains), although never fading completely.
Life-threatening high blood pressure - usually the top figure is over 230 - with levels as high as 280/180 mm. Hg, even in young fit people - the "normal blood pressure is usually about 120/80 and a doctor will start someone on tablets to reduce their blood pressure at about 150/100. The higher the pressure, the more likely it will blow a hole in the blood vessel - usually in the brain - and this causes a stroke. This was the cause of death in the two Irukandji deaths in January and March 2002.
Life-threatening high blood pressure - usually the top figure is over 230 - with levels as high as 280/180 mm. Hg, even in young fit people - the "normal blood pressure is usually about 120/80 and a doctor will start someone on tablets to reduce their blood pressure at about 150/100. The higher the pressure, the more likely it will blow a hole in the blood vessel - usually in the brain - and this causes a stroke. This was the cause of death in the two Irukandji deaths in January and March 2002.
http://www.marine-medic.com.au/pages.../irukandji.asp
Blue-Ringed Octopus
After approximately 10 minutes, the victim may have difficulty breathing, become paralyzed, and require artificial ventilation until they can be transported to a hospital. This is often preceded by numbness or loss of feeling around the lips and mouth. If medical care is not provided emergently, respiratory failure may occur, which may lead in cardiac arrest, and death.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/wilde...article_em.htm
Stonefish
..the pain caused by Stonefish is excruciating and could be severe enough in some cases to cause unconsciousness and thus drowning
http://www.mejfm.com/Newarchives2013/Marine_Animals.htmThe agony is said to be so severe that some victims have begged to have their limb amputated rather than live another moment with the pain from the spines.
http://news.ie.msn.com/gallery.aspx?...6298146&page=2Crocodiles
Fresh and saltwater crocodiles are present in waterways – at beaches, in rivers and estuaries, and in waterholes – across the Northern Territory all year round.
http://www.travelnt.com/en/travellin...ation/wildlifeThis is to say nothing of the sharks, stingrays, swordfish, and sea snakes. I think if you are found swimming in a Northern Territory beach you should be entitled to disability benefits on the grounds of mental ******ation.
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