Little is known about the irukandji jellyfish, other than that its sting can cause massive pain -- some have compared the sensation to the pain suffered in childbirth -- and sometimes death.

this jellyfish is much smaller and harder to spot than the box jellyfish. However, its sting can cause Irukandji syndrome, a ...

This jellyfish hurls ‘venom grenades’ to sting its prey Since 1883, there have been only two recorded deaths from Irukandji jellyfish and about 70 deaths from box jellyfish. By comparison ...

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.

Jellyfish research scientist Dr Lee-ann Gershwin from the University of Tasmania says there have long been Irukandji stings in southern waters, and the question of jellyfish migration is more ...

GEORGE TOWN: Two species of the deadly box jellyfish, previously not thought to exist here, are breeding in the sea around Penang. Their venom causes Irukandji Syndrome, which includes severe ...

It shows the potentially deadly jellyfish swimming over a $2 coin ... The first true sign of an Irukandji sting was usually a ...

“Jellyfish always have tentacles . . . that’s how they catch their food,” she said. But the jelly featured in 30-year-old photographs of K. gigas and the specimen caught in Shark Bay by marine ...