Explainer: What are sea fleas anyway?

By Liam Mannix, Carolyn Webb
Updated August 7 2017 - 6:35pm, first published 6:21pm

Teenager Sam Kanizay emerged from the water at Melbourne's Dendy Street Beach in Brighton covered in blood. Until he looked down at his feet, he did not even know he was bleeding. He only felt a slight tingling sensation and numbness on his legs, while he was standing in the chilly water.

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