Dangerous marine species around the world

[Whimsical]

The lionfish thread triggered a thought, a rare occurance for me
Is there any good references for the cruisers out there that shows what creatures to be careful of, on a regional basis. Needs photos for identification.

Mike

[Hampus]

The S.A.S. Survival Handbook By John Wiseman. It's pretty much a complete survival handbook covering everything from jungles to deserts. There is also an extensive list of dangerous animals, including fish, clams, shellfish etc with nice pictures. More importantly maybe, there is a list with pictures of the ones you can eat.

/Hampus

[GordMay]

Originally Posted by Whimsical

The lionfish thread triggered a thought, a rare occurance for me
Is there any good references for the cruisers out there that shows what creatures to be careful of, on a regional basis. Needs photos for identification.
Mike

Some on-line resources:

CSL Antivenom Handbook
http://www.toxinology.com/generic_st..._contents.html

Poisonous Sea Life v.2.4 ~ © by Mark R. Anderson, M.D
http://www.riparia.org/sealife_poisoning.html

Dangerous Sea Life ~ by Jean-Philippe Soule
http://www.nativeplanet.org/health/dangeroussealife.htm

Photos of Venomous Sea Creatures ~ by Brandon Cole
http://www.brandoncole.com/photos_venomous.htm

Some previous CF discussions:
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ish-12578.html
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...oning-964.html
http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...urce-3894.html

[Ex-Calif]

I chased one of these critters while snorkelling years ago. When I got back and told the rental guy he went white. Then he told me and I went white.

http://www.brandoncole.com/IFPro/scr...l&tt=&bool=and

[Wotname]

Seriously - box jellyfish
Tongue in cheek - most folk 'cept Aussies