Phuket beaches closed due to poisonous Portuguese boats

Several beaches of the popular resort in Thailand Phuket closed due to frequent cases of burns with poisonous fisalia.

According to the Bangkok Post, the management of Sirinart National Park has restricted access to the beaches of Nai Yang, Nai Thorne and Layan.

Off the coast of Phuket began to notice poisonous jellyfish. And on September 18, on the island of Koh Samui, a two-year-old child from Russia was in intensive care due to a terrible burn with this creature. A year earlier, it was reported that a 26-year-old resident of Germany died from burns of cube jellyfish.

The Phisalia is also known as the Portuguese ship. They look like jellyfish, however, belong to the order of siphonophore and are a gas-filled transparent bubble with a diameter of up to 30 centimeters. Their tentacles are able to release the strongest poison, and from touching animals you can get severe burns, and if the area of contact is large, then even a heart attack. Poison, getting on the skin of a person causes severe pain, even dead creatures can sting.