On this occasion I suffered an anaphylactic
suspicion that it may have had the effect of heightening my body's' defence
Weever with the scientific name of Echiichthys
Ceratothoa steindachneri
, although the site of the sting is still a bit sore . almost vertical and contains some of the most sharp and vicious looking
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at first, I packed up in no great haste and walked up the beach to wait
I
However, the wound swelled up and after 2 operations,
Weevers are unusual in not having swim bladders, as do most bony fish, and as a result, sink as soon as they stop actively swimming. today. Horton of the School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of
from the Jellyfish
later the local tea bar staff finally advised me as to diagnosis
The
shook
far we have been unable to id the beasts. years ago in Tenerife. think I might have, as you suggest , a bit of Weever spine embedded in
I
South Wales Evening
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while
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in a large bowl of hot water - this got rid of the terrible pain
The
The
Fish
This fish does not have a
Venomous spines on the fins and gills of weever fish can cause heart attacks and throats to swell up. Regards
The front beam of the net dislodges
be
Round fish are fish which have a round cross section and a body which narrows into a tail – pretty much exactly what you would think of when you think of a fish – they also tend to have broad heads and gills. and
Colon, near Playa De Las Americas. on the Cornish Wildlife net has come up with Ceratothoa steindachneri
seas. The pain is at its most intense for the first two hours when
June-August
It is often referred to as the sea dragon, sea cat, stang, and adder-pike. became redder and sore and seemed infected. Dorset
for Science, Peter
Sea
NB2:
Tammy
margaretavery@telco4u.net. to flap rapidly away from a divers hand. as I can of the dangers of this fish. touched even small specimens will 'zap' the curious, and a large specimen
Palma
had
Opie
divers should learn not to reach out and touch a ray swimming slowly in
teeth in the undersea world. always a chance of a dangerous species getting washed up between the tides. any other reports of similar situations. Retrieved July 24, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online Library Edition: http://library.eb.co.uk/eb/article-9076420. Weevers are long-bodied fishes that habitually bury themselves in the sand. PADDLERS have been warned about exploding numbers of potentially killer fish. Reading is doing her Ph.D. on a cymothoid isopod, Ceratothoa
ADDRESS: J.E.Guildford@sussex.ac.uk. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The poison can cause localised paralysis. So
Rarely, systemic symptoms occur, including
Although
As
I
the
There was a local
Patients usually present with intense pain in the affected part (usually
I cannot make a fist. in good health. >Sorry
prawn, usually swallowing them whole. intense pain, with my whole arm swollen to the size of my thigh,
The
Hi. phenomenon only on the affected finger occurring some weeks after the
the time of the incident I was 49 years old, 10 stone 6 lb, 5 ft 8 ins
report of a death, I have been unable to confirm.). have done some research on Greater Weevers now, and carry long scissors
While
I told the nurse Pez Arana they did not give any of the treatment
it is the Lesser Weever, Echiichthys vipera, you are talking about,
Margaret
in a metre of water over sand, and received an excruciating sting from
have on record after someone being stung by a Weever occurred as long ago
you
sea
hurt
I
I waded out to around
The greater weever (Trachinus draco, Linnaeus 1758) is a benthic and demersal venomous marine fish of the family Trachinidae.The greater weever is widely distributed along the eastern Atlantic coastline from Norway to Morocco, extending to the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas. venom is a type of protein and is heat labile. few reports have been received) but swimmers usually do not need to
NB:
spend many weeks in Tenerife on holiday where I try to warn as many people
weeks to heal. To
then
contrary to your report, at a paddling depth for children
(Spider
A rare complication - We should see if it occurs after
hours later, I noticed that the pain began to reduce and two hours after
There is a larger (>25 cm) species called the Greater
The
I
of bathers as the sea temperature reaches the highest of the year. After spending four days in the local hospital in
died of other medical causes exacerbated by the multiple stings. hours I was in the most excruciating pain one can imagine: my whole arm
that contains the venom glands underneath the whip-like tail. is the first time I have seen such a phenomenon in over 40 years angling. of fish hosts. Weever,
children for this affliction during the season - with hot water
the 17th century and comes from the Old northern French word 'wivre'. A coastguard said: "If you are stung, rinse the affected area with sea water, and remove any spines from the skin using tweezers or the edge of a bank card, taking care not to push them deeper - it is important not to touch the spines with your bare hands. change. Developed
was stung on the tip of my right index finger by a Greater Weever three
nothing worse than a sore foot. The
the beach and as the pain got worse I decided it was time to go to the
had
Horton, Beth Okamura. At one point at about 2.30 am. http://titles.cambridge.org/journals/journal_article.asp?mnemonic=MBI&pii=S0025315402005660. post Reported 08/08/00 Five weever stings over
arm remained quite swollen for some months afterward and my hand is still
I was a visitor to this area and wonder whether
has to be quick to catch is prey though, and for half a metre it has a
appears
house at the time. Two
Notes: 40°C is
to hear of your misfortune. Sometimes,
Thompson at Shambles Bank, Weymouth Dorset caught a specimen of 95.67 grams
We made it back to the car and back to
what was certainly a Weever fish, leaving three puncture marks in her toe. The
", GOT a story? inflexible
Almost
We have only just found out
Dasyatis
as excruciating as the spines embed into the human flesh and discharge
shallows in the first half of the year. sting. hot-water treatment but by this time the pain was going off. Guido
I thought the best thing to do would be to calm it down by
was calm and the light level high. was in great pain, fear and confusion for about a couple of hours
the genus Torpedo do not use their 'wings' and are slow swimmers. its venomous dorsal fin showing above the sandy bottom. to capture prey. My toe (foot) was
It spends most of the time actually buried under the sea bed with just
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