THESE JELLYFISH CAN KILL YOU!!!
The Deadly Irukandji Jellyfish... Dwellers of the "Dead Zones"
Lloyd Smiley.com
So I was watching TVO the other day, and I saw this person tensed-up in the most painful throws imaginable, without bleeding or anything particularly nasty looking about them. I kept watching... car-crash style, until finally the battle this person was fighting was disclosed...
The Deadly Irukandji Jellyfish had stung her. I thought, at first, why does TVO care so much about a Jellyfish sting? They sting people everyday and there's no documentary about them on TV right now... with the music and the suspense...
...and the jazzy underwater scenes...
They're barely the size of a thumbnail!!! Just one of those tentacles, if dragged across your skin, could send you into a spiraling decent of excruciatingly deadly pain. Really! At least 100 people (known for sure) have already died from it's sting since the beginning of the 20th Century up to now in Australia alone, and scientists warn that global warming (ocean warming) and garbage-dumping - which results in areas known as "Dead Zones," because nothing can survive there except things... that... do... is helping to spread the Irukandji and other "box jellyfish" throughout the oceans! It's scarier than Jaws!
For many years, what was now known as "Irukandji Syndrome," would mysteriously affect coastal swimmers around Australia, often resulting in seizure, stroke, or even a major heart attack, and of course, death. The doctor / scientist who finally figured out it was these jellyfish, as the story goes, proved his theory by subjecting himself, some woman, and the on-duty lifeguard at the time with his find. The two other skeptics soon found themselves in more pain than what delivering a baby through each of your pores might feel like. Ouch!
Also, killing them doesn't make it any better. In fact, these jellyfish have a uniquely dangerous defense mechanism: MASSIVE REPRODUCTION!!! When scared / killed to death, they will release THOUSANDS of eggs (if girl) and sperm (if boy) EACH to ensure the survival of the species as a whole!. So.... when those fishermen pull up their nets and find truly a crap-load of the tiny beasts, mixed with fish that is soooo toxic we can't even ingest it, what do they do??? Yup, that's right, they ensure the mixing of eggs and sperm from the hundreds / thousands of jellyfish, all at once!!!
... sometimes allowing the conditions to be right for MILLIONS to be released all at once!
Then, of course, there's our own waste and it's effect on the situation... tiny changes in the water temperature actually cause the release of many more from their dormant sleep... anyway, IF YOU GET STUNG, THE PAIN IS SO SEVERE THAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL SO MUCH PHYSICAL (and mental) STRESS THAT THEY CAN DIE FROM A STROKE OR HEART-ATTACK!!! IT'S LIKE SLOWLY BEING SCARED TO DEATH... yikes!!!
If you're lucky enough to survive, it's probably because someone treated you in time with Magnesium or some other remedy. It's venom works VERY fast though, and you will at least gain insight into why your nervous system hates you.
Oh yes, there's more: Google it! (Irukandji Jellyfish) and see for yourself... if you dare!!!
"This is not a sting you merely pee on..."
~LloydSmiley.com
The Deadly Irukandji Jellyfish had stung her. I thought, at first, why does TVO care so much about a Jellyfish sting? They sting people everyday and there's no documentary about them on TV right now... with the music and the suspense...
...and the jazzy underwater scenes...
And then I saw this:
They're barely the size of a thumbnail!!! Just one of those tentacles, if dragged across your skin, could send you into a spiraling decent of excruciatingly deadly pain. Really! At least 100 people (known for sure) have already died from it's sting since the beginning of the 20th Century up to now in Australia alone, and scientists warn that global warming (ocean warming) and garbage-dumping - which results in areas known as "Dead Zones," because nothing can survive there except things... that... do... is helping to spread the Irukandji and other "box jellyfish" throughout the oceans! It's scarier than Jaws!
These things are tiny!
And only one of these spiny tentacles can cause you a world of agony....!!!
And only one of these spiny tentacles can cause you a world of agony....!!!
For many years, what was now known as "Irukandji Syndrome," would mysteriously affect coastal swimmers around Australia, often resulting in seizure, stroke, or even a major heart attack, and of course, death. The doctor / scientist who finally figured out it was these jellyfish, as the story goes, proved his theory by subjecting himself, some woman, and the on-duty lifeguard at the time with his find. The two other skeptics soon found themselves in more pain than what delivering a baby through each of your pores might feel like. Ouch!
Also, killing them doesn't make it any better. In fact, these jellyfish have a uniquely dangerous defense mechanism: MASSIVE REPRODUCTION!!! When scared / killed to death, they will release THOUSANDS of eggs (if girl) and sperm (if boy) EACH to ensure the survival of the species as a whole!. So.... when those fishermen pull up their nets and find truly a crap-load of the tiny beasts, mixed with fish that is soooo toxic we can't even ingest it, what do they do??? Yup, that's right, they ensure the mixing of eggs and sperm from the hundreds / thousands of jellyfish, all at once!!!
... sometimes allowing the conditions to be right for MILLIONS to be released all at once!
This is a map of "Dead Zones" around the Earth. Look 'em up. If you dare!
Then, of course, there's our own waste and it's effect on the situation... tiny changes in the water temperature actually cause the release of many more from their dormant sleep... anyway, IF YOU GET STUNG, THE PAIN IS SO SEVERE THAT MOST PEOPLE FEEL SO MUCH PHYSICAL (and mental) STRESS THAT THEY CAN DIE FROM A STROKE OR HEART-ATTACK!!! IT'S LIKE SLOWLY BEING SCARED TO DEATH... yikes!!!
If you're lucky enough to survive, it's probably because someone treated you in time with Magnesium or some other remedy. It's venom works VERY fast though, and you will at least gain insight into why your nervous system hates you.
Oh yes, there's more: Google it! (Irukandji Jellyfish) and see for yourself... if you dare!!!
"This is not a sting you merely pee on..."
~LloydSmiley.com
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