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If you are anywhere near Phuket, Thailand’s popular tourist island, you might want to watch out for the dozens of poisonous Bluebottle jellyfish that have washed up on Patong Beach at the weekend. Swimmers should take extra care to avoid being stung, say officials and lifeguards who found around 40 specimens on the west coast at the weekend, according to local newspaper Bangkok Post, citing the local marine research centre. Lifeguards are on standby to provide first aid in the event of an emergency, though encounters with humans are rarely fatal, unless you suffer from allergic shock. So far, …

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