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says he was simply minding his own business going for a dip when he accidentally swallowed the bluebottle (along with a lot of seawater, probably).
reports that he was treated by lifeguards and paramedics before being taken to hospital by ambulance.
The bluebottle is also known as the Pacific or Portuguese man o’ war and while its sting is not fatal, tens of thousands of Aussie cop extremely painful stings every year as .
Given that the immediate cure is putting hot water on a bluebottle sting, I don’t know how you would get around this when the sting is… internal.
If you’ve been stung by a bluebottle you know how fucking agonising those little tentacles can be, not to mention the angry red welts that pop up on your skin afterwards. I remember having about a one-centimetre bit of bluebottle on my leg as a kid and howling the entire beach down in pain.
So the thought of having a bluebottle stinging your insides is actually beyond imagination. Like, I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. Safe to say this poor person had the worst Christmas on record.
According to the there is no update on the teen’s current condition, but we hope he had a swift recovery.
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