23/06/2026
Summer heat is here and it does not look like leaving any time soon 🔥 It’s the solstice and peeps are flooding to the coast just to cool off for a second. But beware the Baltic Sea waters, folks ! 🏄🏻♀️
For real though, last summer I had a great pleasure to adapt the meticulous science research “From Sea to Sickbed: The Unseen Story of the Vibrio spp.” by Dr. Greta Gyraitė into an immersive and informative comic for the EU-CONEXUS project Comic Strip in Science. It appears there is a bacteria called Vibrio living in the Baltic Sea and it likes two things - hot weather and infecting vulnerable bodies. So you best cover your wounds or avoid dipping in the Baltic whatsoever if you have any immune illness ⚠️
The Vibrio is quite often misinterpreted in the media, either going unnoticed or its threat being mystified and blown out of proportion, so here’s some facts for you👆🏻
The Flesh Eating Monster is one of 9 comics covering coastal research from different countries around Europe. They’re all free to read and available online, check the link in my bio and share it around ! 🌊
Fin !