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irukandji jellyfish
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.SYDNEY: A sailor had an unlucky encounter with a deadly irukandji jellyfish in Australia’s northern waters after the tiny marine animal somehow hit him as he fished off a bulk carrier.The Central Queensland Helicopter Rescue Service said the jellyfish, which is the size of a small fingernail - may splashed on to him by a freak wave. The man was fishing from the deck of the carrier about 25 metres above the water level. The man was taken to a Queensland hospital but survived his encounter with with one of Australia’s most deadly marine stingers.There’s no antivenom for the irukandji’s sting and the pain may not be immediately felt, by which time symptoms have set in, including shooting muscle pain, vomiting, a rapid rise in blood pressure and occasionally heart failure.
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