Majorca Daily Bulletin • 9/12/2026
Balearic holiday island prepares for invasion of potentially fatal Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish
“With fewer and fewer predators in the sea, jellyfish in areas like Mallorca are thriving”. Stings usually cause severe pain to humans, lasting one to three hours. Red, whip-like welts appear on the skin that last two or three days after the sting
And this week, Sant Antoni Town Council in Ibiza carried out its second full-scale beach emergency drill, an exercise focused on the detection and management of a simulated sighting of a Portuguese man-of-war on Es Pouet beach. According to the Counc... [2893 chars]
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