Carukia barnesii

Irukandji jellyfish show why size says nothing about danger. Carukia barnesi, the species best known for it, is a tiny box jellyfish with a transparent bell only 1.5 to 2.5 cm across, and its sting causes only minor skin irritation at first. The trouble comes later. Some 5 to 40 minutes after the…

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