Giant jellyfish with '40ft tentacles' captured on camera off coast
They just kept on coming," he added.The jellyfish was so big the tentacles went "beyond the range of visibility".He initially thought it was a compass jellyfish, which are native to UK waters, before realising it was too big."It must have been the length of a bus or small train. "They still sting after they break off," she said, adding that while the sting was "nasty" and "the worst in the UK", it was not dangerous. But he was always conscious that he never wanted to harm the animals as part of his project."I don't want to turn it into something that I'm going out to hunt the animals or anything," he said.
- ▪They just kept on coming," he added.The jellyfish was so big the tentacles went "beyond the range of visibility".He initially thought it was a compass jellyfish, which are native to UK waters, before realising it was too big."It must have b
- ▪"They still sting after they break off," she said, adding that while the sting was "nasty" and "the worst in the UK", it was not dangerous.
- ▪But he was always conscious that he never wanted to harm the animals as part of his project."I don't want to turn it into something that I'm going out to hunt the animals or anything," he said.
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Giant jellyfish with '40ft tentacles' captured on camera off coast<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Iestyn Morgan said he wants to raise awareness about the 'threats our seas are facing'ByOscar Edwards and Paul Pigott, BBC WalesPublished3 minutes agoA free diver has said he "couldn't believe his luck" after spotting a giant jellyfish off the Welsh coastline.Iestyn Morgan, from Pembrokeshire, said the lion's mane was the "length of a…
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