By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2009-10-29 09:39:52 | Word Count: 543
It is a common fact that the jellyfish has always been dangerous and harmful to the water sport lovers and swimmers. Similar to toxic spiders and snakes, jellyfish is a dangerous aquatic creature with poisonous sting that can kill you earlier than any other dangerous creature in water. Jellyfish are spreading at a faster rate and are not easily visible due to their tiny structure, but are highly poisonous. Jellyfish has lethal poison that can cause you distress and intolerable pain, but box jellyfish is a deadly species of jellyfish that has the ability to kill three grown-ups! An individual who is attacked by deadly jellyfish can be saved if he is rushed to the hospital or given first aid treatment immediately. Majority of swimmers, who are assaulted by venomous box jellyfish, are never saved on time. The highly toxic jellyfish are the two out of the 19 species of jellyfish and other deadly water creatures on this planet. Also one of the two have sufficient venom in its sting to kill at least 60 adult people in less than 3 minutes!
Box jellyfish are transparent and light blue, cube-shaped creatures with four different sides, hence the name box jellyfish. With 15 tentacles on each corner that measure 3 meters, have 5000 sting cells known as nematocysts. Jellyfish shoots like a jet at the speed of 4 knots. They are seen during the wet seasons in the creeks or river sides when the seas are calm. These deadly marine creatures are not found in corals or in deep waters or near excessive weed bed or sea grass. These move in silent waters near the shore and at high tide, these move along the creeks and river mouths. It feeds on crustaceans and small fishes.
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There are mostky no chances of existence if attacked by its poisonous sting, unless given first aid quickly. The pain that the victim experiences is overwhelming and unbearable that he/she would rather drown than swim to the shore . Vinegar is of extreme help to person attacked by its toxic sting. It should be poured abundantly on the tentacles to destroy sting cell immediately. A person may also need artificial respiration and thorough rub on cardiac area. Chironex Fleckeri, with a large body and very deadly sting is quite popular among other jellyfish. The stinging cells or nematocysts look like small toxic points seen on each tentacle along the ull length. The presence of box jellyfish near the beaches prevents the swimmers to enjoy swimming. But they are allowed to only when there are secured stinger nets fitted or if they are wearing highly protective specifically designed costumes for swimming.
Almost 3000 people were stung in the Mediterranean Sea by the deadly box jellyfish. It was believed that in per square feet area of water, there were around 10 jellyfish. Jellyfish usually love to stay in warmer and saltier water of vast seas, thereby giving space to swimmers. But because of global warming, the temperature difference has made offshore water more briny thereby diverting more jellyfish on the coastal lines and more towards your naive legs. Be careful, the jellyfish is coming!
