Flesh Eating Water Lice!!!!!

[stonecold]

Saints players got lucky, by the looks of it!!!!!

On AFL Site!!!!!

[saintsRrising]

If one keeps moving sea-lice are not normally that big a problem.


The kid basically stood stationary for 30 minutes allowing the sea-lice to gather for a feed.


PS: I am sometimes allergic to their bite and so when they are about I make sure I move on. Some beaches have more of them than others. ie May's Bay in the Whitsundays always seems to be infested with the little buggers.

[WellardSaint]

it was on TV this morn

Ch 7 had some "marine biologist" who said in 20 years, he's never seen this before

He reckons it might be jellyfish larvae

The poor young lad had blood all over his lower legs, resembled those people in Spain or Italy at the tomato festival
where they jump into huge barrels of tomatoes and stomp on them.
His dad went to the beach with some meat, put it in a large bucket or sieve,
and took video of the little buggers going beserk in a feeding frenzy

The world's gone mad, are these the end times? The Apocalypse?

[saintbrat]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-08-07/e ... g-sea-lice

Koby Stevens
ST KILDA kept its season alive with a brilliant eight-point win against West Coast on Sunday but a far more unusual opposition almost derailed its season.

Sea lice.

The creepy crawlers have been discovered at Brighton beach, eating away at the flesh of unsuspecting swimmers enjoying a winter dip.

Some of those who have submerged their feet in the water have walked out with their legs covered in blood.

It was a fate that almost befell some of the Saints, had it not been for a mass email sent from high performance manager Matt Hornsby.

At St Kilda, players do paired recovery and go to whichever beach or pool they like, rather than doing it as an entire group.

"Me and Sammy Gilbert, we were actually on our way down to the beach and we got the email from Matt Hornsby, our fitness guy, and he told us not to go in," Stevens told reporters at Moorabbin on Monday.

"The whole group got the message about the young bloke who nearly had his feet eaten off down at the beach."

The story of Sam Kanizay, the 16-year-old that Hornsby referred to, wasn't foreign for Stevens, who was instrumental in beating the Eagles, picking up 27 disposals and 13 contested possessions.

"A couple of weeks ago, one of my mates was down at the water and he came out and had blood on his feet as well," Stevens said.

"You really need your feet for this game so we were advised not to go down there," he said.

Earlier this season, Stevens had his Saints debut delayed by a bout of food poisoning after he ate "off chicken" at a hotel while making the trip up to Albury for a pre-season game against Sydney.

He lost eight kilograms during the week he spent in hospital.

More By Dinny Navaratnam

[stonecold]

Cheers for the link Bratty, forgot to post it!!!!!

[saintspremiers]

My pool is currently a balmy 12 degrees. They can have a recovery swim in it if they wish. I'll turn on the spa heating and watch them from there.

[remboy]

It would be our luck to go for a dip in the week leading up to our next GF and have half the team eaten by water lice.

[satchmo]

Expected this to be about umpires.

[Enrico_Misso]

We should have introduced them into the water supply system for the visitors showers at Moorabbin.

[supersaints]

I got crabs down the beach once, in my younger days...

[GregPackhamsHeadband]

it was on TV this morn

Ch 7 had some "marine biologist" who said in 20 years, he's never seen this before

He reckons it might be jellyfish larvae

The poor young lad had blood all over his lower legs, resembled those people in Spain or Italy at the tomato festival
where they jump into huge barrels of tomatoes and stomp on them.
His dad went to the beach with some meat, put it in a large bucket or sieve,
and took video of the little buggers going beserk in a feeding frenzy

The world's gone mad, are these the end times? The Apocalypse?

One of the "7 signs" that the apocalypse is coming. Fortunately, one of the others is a saints' premiership. Unfortunately, it is the last one of the seven that occurs minutes before the end, giving us no time to celebrate.

[WellardSaint]

it was on TV this morn

Ch 7 had some "marine biologist" who said in 20 years, he's never seen this before

He reckons it might be jellyfish larvae

The poor young lad had blood all over his lower legs, resembled those people in Spain or Italy at the tomato festival
where they jump into huge barrels of tomatoes and stomp on them.
His dad went to the beach with some meat, put it in a large bucket or sieve,
and took video of the little buggers going beserk in a feeding frenzy

The world's gone mad, are these the end times? The Apocalypse?

One of the "7 signs" that the apocalypse is coming. Fortunately, one of the others is a saints' premiership. Unfortunately, it is the last one of the seven that occurs minutes before the end, giving us no time to celebrate.

I'm sure there's a plague of locusts in there somewhere. Will the MCG become a dustbowl
and the teams play on dirt?

[GregPackhamsHeadband]

I got crabs down the beach once, in my younger days...

I got mine from the toilet seat. Allegedly!

[Sainternist]

I got crabs down the beach once, in my younger days...

I got mine from the toilet seat. Allegedly!

I think you both have shared a little bit too information there.

[GregPackhamsHeadband]

I got crabs down the beach once, in my younger days...

I got mine from the toilet seat. Allegedly!

[spert]

Hope we don't see at team selection:

In: Lonie
Out: Stevens (flesh eating bugs)

[WellardSaint]

Saints players are rumoured to make an appearance in
"Sharknado 3"

[stonecold]

Saints players are rumoured to make an appearance in
"Sharknado 3"

Hasn't 3 already been made?????

[WellardSaint]

Saints players are rumoured to make an appearance in
"Sharknado 3"

Hasn't 3 already been made?????

Never seen any of the Sharknado franchise!!
waste of time to watch such garbage!!!!!

These flesh eating sea lice could be the perfect pre-season routine for losing excess body fat (Brandon White, are you listening? hahaha)
just sit in the shallows for 30 minutes, lose 4 inches from the waistline!
Imagine the infomercial- just like liposuction, only cheaper!

[stonecold]

Me neither Welly, that's why I ask!!!!!

[Sainternist]

It just so happens that Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017), a made for television movie, went to air for the first time on August 7.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6298780/

I haven't even seen Sharknado 1. I was about to say I have a lot of viewing to catch up on, but with the film festival now in full swing, I'm going to have to pass.

[stonecold]

It just so happens that Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017), a made for television movie, went to air for the first time on August 7.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6298780/

I haven't even seen Sharknado 1. I was about to say I have a lot of viewing to catch up on, but with the film festival now in full swing, I'm going to have to pass.

Don't waste your time Nisty, better off at the film festival!!!!!