Medically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DOMedically reviewed by Josephine Hessert, DO The box jellyfish sting can deliver one of the most deadly venoms on the planet. There are more than 50 ...

Chironex fleckeri, also known as the “sea wasp,” is the largest box jellyfish, measuring up to one foot in diameter with tentacles that can be as long as 10 feet.

Also known as the Indo-Pacific Sea Wasp, the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri , is the world's most venomous marine creature, responsible for as many as 60 deaths in 50 years in Australia, as well ...

Beyond snakes and spiders, nature harbors venomous mammals, mollusks, and fish employing toxins for defense and predation.

Chironex fleckeri, known as a box jellyfish, is one of the deadliest animals in the world, although there is an antivenom available. The 17-year-old from Bamaga was fishing off the coast in far ...

Of 225 C. fleckeri stings recorded off the Northern Territory between 1991 to 2004, only 8 percent required hospital treatment. A stock image of an Australian box jellyfish.

Chironex fleckeri has a startling 24 eyes, six facing each direction. On its base are 60 tentacles roughly eight feet long that bear a striking resemblance to fettuccine.

The dreaded Chironex fleckeri, responsible for some of the worst stings in the world. Does new research change everything we thought we knew about how to treat stings? Experts don't think so. Photo by ...

The Australian scientists found that vinegar increased the amount of venom released by box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri (Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine, March 2014).

Of the numerous species of box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri is regarded as one of the most deadly. Its explosive sting can cause cardiac arrest in humans but scientists have not been able to pin ...