The two unnamed men were on a boat around 12 miles (19 kilometers) off the coast of Dundee Beach in Australia's Northern Territory when they were stung by an Irukandji jellyfish on Oct.

当局表示夏季至今有22人被全球最毒水母伊鲁坎吉 (Irukandji Jellyfish) 螫伤送院。 根据澳洲海洋毒刺咨询服务（Australian Marine Stinger Advisory Services ...

微小的、半透明的伊鲁康吉水母（Irukandji jellyfish），带着柔和闪烁的触手，每年在澳大利亚造成约150到200次蜇伤事件，多数受害者经历了极度痛苦和 ...

Dozens of Irukandji jellyfish, some no bigger than a sesame seed, float in tanks inside a metal shed. In another tank are the most venomous fish in the world: the stonefish. If its spines pierce ...

He is believed to be the first person to die from a sting from an Irukandji, a peanut-sized jellyfish whose venom heightens the heart rate and blood pressure. There is no known anti-venom.

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Their powerful jaws and serrated teeth can cause significant damage, although attacks remain relatively rare. Around the size of a thumbnail, the Irukandji Jellyfish is one of the tiniest creatures on ...

The unfortunate victims of those stung by the Irukandji jellyfish, found in waters on Australia's eastern coast, are commonly overwhelmed with a sense of foreboding. The deadly jellyfish ...

Box jellyfish have no brains, yet were recently found to be able to learn from touch. Many brainless organisms are now forcing us to rethink what it means to learn. Jellyfish have a reputation to ...

Jellyfish have survived for over 500 million years, making them more ancient than the dinosaurs. Today these otherworldly creatures can be found around the world, from coastal shallows to the ocean ...

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What most of us would recognise as a jellyfish - the otherworldly, gelatinous aquatic animals renowned for their sting-filled tentacles - is actually just the final stage of these animals' life cycle.