Can anyone identify this sting? Happened in Croatia

Posted by Otherwise-Show660@reddit | marinebiology | View on Reddit | 13 comments

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be_loved_freak@reddit

NAD. Are you running a fever? If so you should go to the hospital, it looks like an infection to me.

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Otherwise-Show660@reddit (OP)

I'm all good now! It happened a couple of days ago and there are just some lines left now.

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jufka@reddit

Likely a snakelocks anemone, look up google photos it looks similar to your sting. I git stung as well in shallow water a while back, it stings and is itchy but its very harmless

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zZBluewalrusZz@reddit

Super hard to tell just off some stings but I'm guessing fire coral by the looks of it

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coconut-telegraph@reddit

Not in Croatia. Maybe hydroids.

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myredditnamethisis@reddit

Fire coral is hydrozoa technically, but the distribution doesn’t reach Croatia. Must have been a jelly.

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coconut-telegraph@reddit

This, among others, is a sessile stinging hydroid in the locality capable of potent stings by brushing against it. They’re inconspicuous.

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ben_roxx@reddit

Could be anything from jellyfish to coral, including anemone

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Neon_44@reddit

Are you sure it happened in the Sea?

Because it looks like one of those: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=Brennessel&iax=images&ia=images

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Entety303@reddit

You cannot reliably identify stings to animals unfortunately. I’d guess a jelly or sea anemone

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