PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Invasive tiny jellyfish with a big sting are showing up along the Jersey Shore.
Clinging jellyfish are native to the Pacific Ocean but have been appearing in the Atlantic Ocean, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, for the past decade. Recently, they were spotted in the Metedeconk River in Brick Township, Ocean County, when 6-year-old Amelia was floating in the water.
“High-pitched screaming, running out of the water. Just kept screaming, ‘It hurts, it hurts,’” said Carol O’Neill of her granddaughter, Amelia…