British tourists warned as hundreds 'poisoned' on Spanish beaches

Beaches in areas of Spain have been hit by a spate of poison stings. (Image: Getty) Hundreds of people have been injured by weever fish in Spain over the last month, as tourists are warned to remain vigilant of the poisonous creatures. As many as 700 stings have occurred in recent weeks, with tourists at the nation's beaches stepping on the fish as they lurk around the shore, according to local reports.

The fish, which typically grow to a maximum length of 40 centimetres are brownish-white in colour, with a venomous dorsal fin. The fish mainly attack only to defend themselves when they feel threatened and are capable of hitting a target with enough force and precision and to pierce leather boots with their toxin-filled spines, Diario de Ibiza reports. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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