Irish scientists first to tag Lion’s Mane jellyfish

SCIENTISTS from University College Cork have managed to successfully track five Lion’s Mane jellyfish by tagging them — a difficult and dangerous task and something that has never been achieved before.

Last month, warning signs were placed by local authorities at beaches and bathing spots in Dublin warning that the giant jellyfish were in the water. Swimmers who have been stung by the jellyfish in the last few weeks said they did not see anything but what looked like seaweed in the water.

UCC researchers found a way of attaching a tag to the underside of the jellyfish in among the hundreds of metre-long tentacles.