1:10pm Tuesday 3rd August 2010
By Giles Sheldrick
When Bonnie the dog goes for walks along the seafront, there is usually a sting in the tail.
But the Mastiff-Staffordshire cross has proved it is not the case that once bitten, twice shy after developing a nose for hunting out rare jellyfish.
Last year, the four-year-old dog was stung by a Portuguese Man o' War she found lying on the beach.
Now the hound has discovered the first Rootmouth jellyfish to be washed up on a Sussex beach this year.
Last night experts said the species, which measured 10 inches in diameter, was an extremely rare find and proof the sea was getting warmer.
Signage contractor Tony East, 43, of Sea Lane, Goring by Sea, was out for a walk along Worthing beach with his two daughters Atlanta and Saffron when his dog made the discovery on Sunday morning.
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