Originally Posted by: AkiraYou've been stung by a man-of-war? :eek: They can kill you right? You're lucky. What did it feel like?

Kill you? I dunno bout that...maybe if you swim into a school of them, or it stings you so bad you can't swim anymore and drown. Usually you just get a tentacle around an apendage (arm or leg) and they float away. I thought a rope was going around my ankle, and it didn't really hurt at first, but then it was like pouring alcohol into a deep cut...searing pain. But my brother caught one in a wave that hit him right in his chest. He was about 15 at the time, and he went into shock and we had to call an ambulance.

On a related side note...my high school mascot was a yellow jacket!