What do you do if you get stung by a blue bottle?

What do you do if you get stung by a blue bottle?

Hot water immersion can be used to treat bluebottle (Physalia spp.) stings. Bluebottle stings are most common in non-tropical areas and can be very painful. After initial management, hot water (ideally at 42–45°C) applied to the site of the sting for 30–90 minutes can be used to manage pain.

What is the deadliest predator in the world?

List

	Source: CNET
	Animal	Humans killed per year
1	Mosquitoes	1,000,000
2	Humans (homicides only)	475,000
3	Snakes	50,000

What is the most dangerous shark?

bull sharks

What color should you not wear in the ocean?

Since sharks see contrast colors, anything that is very bright against lighter or darker skin can look like a bait fish to a shark. For this reason, he suggests swimmers avoid wearing yellow, white, or even bathing suits with contrasting colors, like black and white.

What is the nicest shark?

The whale shark is massive and the largest of all sharks. However, they are considered to be quite gentle. These beautiful giants are covered in a pattern of white stripes and dots over a brown, blue, or gray background. Divers have been known to swim alongside whale sharks in total safety.

Which sharks attack humans most?

The great white is the most dangerous shark with a recorded 314 unprovoked attacks on humans. This is followed by the striped tiger shark with 111 attacks, bull sharks with 100 attacks and blacktip shark with 29 attacks.

Did Titanic passengers get eaten by sharks?

No sharks did not eat Titanic passengers. The mangled bodies such as J.J.

Why are bull sharks so aggressive?

According to the internet, some books, and Grand Theft Auto, bull sharks are extra-aggressive because they have more testosterone than any other animal. In reality, very little research has been done on the subject of bull shark hormones.

What do you do if you see a bull shark?

Slowly back away "You must try and keep the animal in sight and very slowly and gently try and swim backwards and get into shallow water. Again, you've got to be careful -- large sharks can attack in very shallow depths."

Has a Navy SEAL ever been attacked by a shark?

there is that one time that a confirmed shark attack killed a Navy SEAL. It was way back in 1963, and took place not during BUD/S in California or Virginia Beach (training used to be run on both coasts), but rather in the tropical paradise of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.

Which is more aggressive bull shark or tiger shark?

Technically, the tiger shark surpasses the bull shark in terms of numbers of attacks and fatalities. ... The bull shark is dangerous simply because it's more likely to come into contact with humans than some of these other sharks.

How dangerous is the tiger shark?

Although sharks rarely bite humans, the tiger shark is reported to be responsible for a large share of fatal shark-bite incidents, and is regarded as one of the most dangerous shark species. They often visit shallow reefs, harbors, and canals, creating the potential for encounter with humans.

Can a bull shark kill a great white?

Bulls and Whites: Which Is More Dangerous In a straight comparison, Great Whites win hands down. They're bigger, stronger, faster. Put the two in a fight, and there's no question which one would win. However, Bull Sharks live much closer to humans.

Which is more dangerous great white or tiger shark?

The tiger shark is one of the shark species most likely to attack a human unprovoked, and is considered one of the most dangerous sharks in the world for that reason. ... Of 111 reported tiger shark attacks, 31 were fatal. The great white shark is the only species that attacks and kills more people than the tiger shark.