Lion's Mane Jellyfish swimming at Pensacola Beach / Fort Pickens Beach

Video of a rather small Lion's Mane Jellyfish taken for a final project in my Zoology course. Found in the sound water at Fort Pickens beach. These jellies are very common around the Pensacola Beach area. A little about Lion's Mane jellies... The Lion's Mane jellyfish is the largest known species of jellyfish in the world, and is also one of the longest known animals. The largest Lion's Mane found thus far had a bell that was 7 feet 6 inches wide, and tentacles that reached 120 feet, which is longer than the blue whale that is commonly thought to be the longest animal in the world. Despite their enormous size, there have been very few deaths caused by its stings. Stings by the Lion's Mane jellyfish usually results in immense pain and burns on the skin.

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1. thats not a lions mane
2. I'm there now I was in the ocean and I found one
3. Soooooooo flauschig
4. Lion's mane jellyfish can not be compared to man-o-war jellyfish. The sting from lion's mane jellyfish is painful but very local where you get stung. It itches, burns, irritated skin but it doesn't spread to the other parts of your body. It lasts for some hours. It has been a very few reports of fatal. If you get stung on a major part of your body, you can get nettle fever but that's rare. It's common in the north Pacific, North Sea, northern Atlantic. Cold water - bigger specimens.
5. @xxEDWARDxxFANPIRExx wow really i heard those stings are really painful
6. holy crap i live near there!!
7. @xxEDWARDxxFANPIRExx Manawhore
8. ther from crabs
9. very good video!!