
A 29-year-man, wearing a full-body "stinger suit," was stung on the face by an Irukandji jellyfish while diving from a yacht off the coast of Australia. They can kill a person in minutes.
The jellyfish's sting can lead to "Irukandji syndrome," a set of symptoms that includes shooting pains in the muscles and chest, vomiting, restlessness and anxiety. Some symptoms can last for more than a week, and the syndrome can occasionally lead to a rapid rise in blood pressure and heart failure... because the jellyfish leave almost no mark on their victims, scientists believe they are responsible for many deaths that were attributed as drownings or heart attacks.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6729454/Australian-dives-face-first-into-deadly-peanut-sized-jellyfish.html
3 comments:
they have the deadliest spiders and snakes as well i believe
Oh well, I'm sure that many Australians would find a few things in Canada that scare even them. I'm guessing bears.
Bears I can see coming. Tiny translucent cephalopods I can't. Bears will make my death quick. Tiny venomous invertebrates will make me suffer and cause the skin around their bite to die at a terrifyingly quick rate so I don't miss a second of my death. A bear is doing what bears do. The stinging boneless bastard octopus does what it does out of spite! I think I am done here. I have made my point.
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