• As if sharks lurking in local waters isn’t enough to worry about, “clinging” jellyfish from the Pacific Ocean that pack a shocking sting have been spotted on the Jersey Shore.
• “Just a heads up folks. I picked up a couple of clinging jellyfish in the northern part of Barnegat Bay this weekend,” warned Paul Bologna, a Montclair State University marine biologist, posted online May 21. “So if you are in the shallow grass beds be wary of these little nasty stingers.”
• Native to the Pacific Ocean, the invasive clinging jellies have also been found in Cape May, NJ.

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