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Originally Posted by Lovelyxxxo
Wow I'm sorry that you dealt with that,I probably wouldn't have made it in at all, it's one thing to see danger coming instinct kicks in but....
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It wasn't till after I'd let go of the rope that I saw them, I had the speed to get to waist deep water but I didn't want my legs totally torn up with the long tendrils. So when losing speed I went for the swim across the top of them for the lesser of two pain options.
I knew it would hurt. We used to scoop up the ones that were beached and throw them at each other. But there was an entire gaggle of them. Luckily, I was in waist deep water and was in good shape from sports stuff.
Amusingly, I still work with all sorts of critters and have never been kicked by any large 4 legger.
And yes, it's a known issue that humans stung enough are at high risk in deep water for drowning.