Monday, June 2, 2008

Irukandji


The Irukandji Jellyfish (Carukia barnesi) inhabits waters of Australia. This is a deadly jellyfish, which is only 2.5 centimeters (with bell and tentacles) in diameter, which makes it difficult to spot.
The Irukandji is believed to be the most venomous creature in the world

VIDEO: reactions to divers strung




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I young son was twice affected by a jelly fish in Corpus Christi Texas. I cause much discomfort but thankfully no long term affects. It is hard to avoid them sometimes because there might be just tenicle floating in the area and no evidence of the fish so the tenicles are hard to see.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful but deadly!

Anonymous said...

I hear there are 100 lb. jelly fish in Japan. Is there any useful purpose for jelly fish for humans?