T'ganu beachgoers warned not to touch jellyfish that wash ashore


KUALA NERUS: The public has been warned not to touch venomous jellyfish that washed ashore at several beaches in Terengganu.

Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science and Marine Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), Dr Rosmawati Md Amin, said that although these marine creatures are stranded and separated from their colonies, the species known as the Portuguese man-of-war possesses thousands of stinging cells on its tentacles that remain active.

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