Box Jelly
Posted at 7:41 AM
Listening to Meiko's "Under My Bed"
Did you know???
The deadliest creature in the entire world is...
NOT the poison dart frogs of the Costa Rican jungles,
or the stonefish,
or the black mamba snake...
It's the Sea Wasp/Marine Stinger/Box Jelly.
The 'bell' of this jellyfish can get as a big as a basketball with up to 60 tentacles hanging down up to 15 feet. They're not aggressive, but they're fast. The poison trapped in their tentacles is designed to kill their victims almost instantly, so that the victims do not rip their tentacles mid-struggle.
Solution? Pantyhose. Aussie lifeguards sport this female innerwear in order to protect themselves from a watery death, and it works. Scientifically.
Haiyah nothing to post so I have to be un-original.
