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Today’s (un)Happy Shot

By Catherine Toth Fox • May 4, 2013 • Happy Shots

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More than 200 box jellyfish were found in Waikiki this morning. The influx should last all weekend. Stay out of the water!

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5 Comments

  • Reply David Jackson May 4, 2013 at 8:57 am

    Bummer, guess I am glad I didn’t make it there this week… sort of…

    • Reply Catherine Toth May 5, 2013 at 9:58 am

      This influx wasn’t too bad, actually. Only that one day. The next day (today) there were only a few on the beach.

  • Reply WildeOscar May 4, 2013 at 3:09 pm

    It’s really too bad that they’re not even any good to eat. Many nuisances in life or in the water at least taste good on a dinner plate, but not these buggers. They sting, have no edible qualities, and can’t be made into jewelry. They serve only one purpose – to ruin what looked to be a great morning for surf and swim. I’m going to start calling dangerous drivers on the road with me: “jellyfish.”

  • Reply Pomai May 4, 2013 at 7:54 pm

    While I’ve had my share of Portuguese Man o’ War stings as a teenager when I used to bodyboard often at Sherwoods in Waimanalo, I’ve never, ever been stung by box jellyfish. *Knocks on wood*

    I once got stung right on my n#ts@ck by huge a Man o’ War. Most painful thing I’ve experienced! Now that I think about, maybe THAT’S why I don’t have any kids! lol

    @WildeOscar, Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods did a segment on hunting and eating Snakehead Fish, an invasive species…

    https://www.travelchannel.com/video/dcs-slimy-snakehead-fish

    He also did one on eating Nutria…

    https://www.travelchannel.com/video/andrew-cooks-nutria-gumbo-11881

    • Reply Catherine Toth May 5, 2013 at 9:57 am

      I’m not sure what’s worse, actually, getting stung by man-o-war or box jellyfish. I’m guessing the latter is worse, but I swear the worst sting I ever got was by a Portuguese man-o-war.

      And I’m not sure if this is the kind of jellyfish you can eat…

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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