But nobody ever thinks to include them.Īnd the sea snakes: if you get one in your fishing net, or your dive equipment, or your hair, remember the old adage “don’t grab a snake by its tail”. Then there are sea urchins and stinging hydroids and venomous sponges, which will put you in a world of hurt. And the cone snail, which looks mild-mannered, but can imperil your life with one stab of its lightning-fast barb. You get so sick that your biggest worry is that you’re not going to die!Īnd that’s just the beginning: up to a third of victims require life support and a quarter have ongoing complications, including permanent heart damage or neurological damage.īryson also forgot the blue bottles that sting some 25,000 to 45,000 people each year in Australia, at least one species of which causes Irukandji syndrome.Īnd he forgot the bullrout, which is kind of a brackish-water version of the stonefish – caution, they hang out at boat ramps and these suckers hurt.Īnd stingrays, which combine stabbing and venom into the one injury. But after about a half hour you develop Irukandji syndrome, a debilitating mix of nausea, vomiting, severe pain, difficulty breathing, drenching sweating and sense of impending doom. Irukandji, in contrast, with just an imperceptible brush of venom leaves almost no mark. A massive sting from a box jelly kills in as little as two minutes for other victims, it’s generally painful with some scarring, but that’s about it. Impressive, considering the box jelly has long been considered the world’s most venomous animal.
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