I went swimming this morning (May 23), wading through the Line of Scunge which is often a few feet from shore on a rainy day at Yung Shue Wan beach. Near the outer boundary I felt a pain. I looked around to see a jellyfish. So, there is a jellyfish within the shark nets at Yung Shue Wan beach. I do not think it is dangerous. I brushed against it and felt pain because many species of jelly fish, I understand, generate mild toxins in order to stay alive, to define their gelitanous existence as opposed to the void, to which they are close being made mostly of water.
But, as I continued my workout I reflected that according to Bill Bryson (A Short History of Everything) we are also mostly water (water water): 90%.
Also, what is that Thing which on a wet night, goes Gwaaaarp, perhaps as a love call, and to which another Thing replies, Gwaaarp? Is it the Giant Gwaaarp of Lamma seeking its mate?
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