Do you know what the deadliest creature in the world is? It is none other than the box jellyfish. It's venom is more powerful than any other animal on the planet. Here are 10 Interesting Facts About the Box Jellyfish! SUBSCRIBE for the latest videos: https://goo.gl/7xzjzR Don't forget to CHECK OUT our latest upload: https://goo.gl/LUB8Xw The most venomous creature on the planet calls the ocean its home. It is not a snake, nor a fish, in fact - it doesn't even have teeth and is almost invisible. It is none other than the box jellyfish. Being stung by one is almost a certain fate and you may never even see it coming. Here are 10 interesting facts about the box jellyfish. 10. Fatal Stings are More Frequent than You Think Box Jellyfish stings are most common in Australia, most victims being swimmers with exposed skin. The National Science Foundation believes at 20-40 die every year in the Philippines alone due to box jellyfish stings, not including the few lucky souls who manage to survive. To put this into perspective, let's look at shark attack statistics. It is estimated that only 3 people a year die world wide from shark attacks. 9. Box Jelly Stings Can Attack the Skin, Nerves, and Heart When a box jelly wraps its tentacles around its victim, its cells react with chemicals on the victim's skin, prompting tiny dart-like substances to release. The darts pierce the victim's flesh and release venom into their bloodstream. Within minutes, the victim's blood pressure rises rapidly, their head begins to pound, and their heart starts beating rapidly, or stops entirely. People that have been stung can also go in to shock from the severe pain, and may drown if they are unable to swim back to shore. 8. Stings can Drive you MAD Mark M. Whelan has been stung by a box jellyfish, and lived to tell the tale. He related how he crossed the path of the creature in Gordon's Bay, Australia. He says, " "The pain attacks your body at a speed that is so fast it cannot be measured. For forty eight hours of insanity and the fear of the continuous suffering I was then finally able to summon the strength to pick myself up and get to a hospital." 7. Not all Box Jellyfish are Venemous Many of these jellyfish are not venomous. However, the most venomous, and therefore the most dangerous, live in the oceans around Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Chironex fleckeri, the largest and deadliest of all box jellyfish, stays mostly in the waters around Australia. It is considered the most venomous of all the marine creatures on Earth. 6. Box Jellies Can Control Their Movement Unlike most jellyfish, which get around by simply letting the currents take them where they will, box jellyfish can swim. They are able to physically propel themselves through the water and can reach swimming speeds of about four miles per hour. That may not seem that fast, but compared to drifting aimlessly, box jellies are pretty speedy. 5. Box Jellyfish Have 24 Eyes, But No Brain Box jellyfish are the only species of jellyfish to have eyes, and not just two like most creatures. Instead, they have 24. They use this special adaptation when they swim, and are able to make turns and easily navigate through tight areas and around objects. Their 24 eyes can detect the size and color of an object, as well as the level of light in the water surrounding them. 4. Box Jellyfish Are Extremely Good Hunters Because box jellies can both see and swim, they have adapted to become excellent hunters. They enjoy dining on plankton, crustaceans, and fish eggs, and have even been observed devouring the larvae of other jellyfish. 3. They get Their Name from Their Shape Instead of the dome-shaped bell found on most jellyfish, box jellies have a cubic shape with four distinct sides, and each bottom corner is equipped with as many as 15 tentacles. Box jellies use the 5,000 cells along the length of their tentacles to sting, and since these tentacles can grow up to 10 feet in length, it's possible to get stung from quite a distance. 2. Box Jellyfish Can Reproduce Both Asexually Or Sexually In the wild, box jellyfish have been observed to only live for about a year and those studied in the lab only lasted about nine months. A planula is formed, and it becomes the jellyfish larval stage. Planula grows into polyps, which attach themselves to a surface using their tiny tentacles. Then, the polyps reproduce asexually and clone themselves into what will eventually become an adult jellyfish. 1. If you Seek Medical Attention, You Can Live Marine biochemist Dr. Angel Yanagihara has become one of the world's leading experts on box jellyfish and has her own survival story. Luckily, someone had called paramedics. She used this knowledge to create medicines in IV and topical form that could be given to box jelly victims to help stop the venom's progress and save their hearts.
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