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Popular Warnings or Dangers | Miscellaneous Warnings or Dangers Tips | All Tips (46) Cone shells are considered the most beautiful shells in the world, and on the beaches here you may find them washed up, normally empty. While alive, their shells are even more beautiful and delicate. However, you are best off leaving them undisturbed:
Cone shells may inject you with a nasty poison, and some are outright deadly. So unless you really know what you are doing, don't pick them up. Leave them alone and just watch them going about their deadly business of spearing small fish.
Check the internet on "cone shells" and you may find some interesting facts. Perhaps you will also enjoy bringing a field guide or reference book about shells and mollusks? You'll be very busy on Seychelles' beaches then. Leave a Comment
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Grand Anse to Anse Fourmis on La Digue
Beware of dangerously strong currents, making swimming hazardous. They are especially strong from June to October.
This is a great place to lie on the beach and watch the wild waves crashing on shore, just stay out of the water. Leave a Comment
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There are very few insects that will cause you any pain or harm in the Seychelles.
In this respect it is a blessed country.
There are mosquitos, but nowhere near the masses you will find in most humid equatorial countries. And they do not carry any diseases such as malaria, dengue or yellow fever. Same goes for sandflies that live among seaweed washed ashore on sandy beaches. Easy to avoid by moving away from infested ppatches of beach.
What you need is a mosquito repellent, and see to it that your hotel room has an insect mesh in the window openings or a mosquito net over the bed. Leave a Comment
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A bad experience? For me, the sand flies. I reacted allergically without noticing that it was an allergy and that spoiled some of my nights and days and nearly my holidays there. My husband had sandfly bites as well - but did not suffer. I kept these horrible marks for weeks and it took about 6-8 weeks after they disappeared completely!
Nobody seemed to know, where they actually appear from and at what time of the year and what they look like. But the doctor, I had to go to in the end, told me to stay away from these green leaves on the beaches. And indeed - one day, when we had a very sweatening walk to one hidden beach (climbing over a hill), we stopped next to some of these leaves to breath some air - and ..... my husband was nearly eaten by them. And I saw them. Tiny "horrible" black and white creatures (smaller than the head of a pin). His back was literally covered with them within a second. Lucky him, he reacted not allergic and had no big problems afterwards except for the red marks.
Well, my strong advice - if you suffer from these bites,- this might be an allergy! Go to a doctor from the very beginnning. He will help you at once and it is not expensive at all to see him (I paid approx. EUR 30,- medicine included!) Leave a Comment
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