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Meet the Irukandji jellyfish: deadlier than coronavirus

27 June 2021

11:43 AM

27 June 2021

11:43 AM

The Irukandji jellyfish, Wikipedia tells us, are any of several similar, extremely venomous species of box jellyfish. with a very small adult size of about a single cubic centimetres, they are both the smallest and most venomous jellyfish in the world — and they’re found in our northern waters.

This year, they’ve killed one person.

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