Anyone see that show on Discovery?

[unsane]

About the killer jellyfish. Man that lady got barely stung and was in the pain of her life for 2 weeks. They said the highest dose of morphine barely takes the edge off the pain. That would suck. The Jelly is very small and possibly the most venemous thing on the planet.

 

[techigirl78]

Is that the one where they show'd the platypus?

I did watch blue realm last night and they should a lake that has non-venemous jellyfish. That was pretty interesting.

 

[unsane]

Cant remember the exaxt name of this one but it was of thr barrier reef in Australia. She was in serious serious pain over her entire body for 2 weeks straight no let up.

 

[iCam]

It was about Irukandji, the more well-known box jellyfish's smaller, but more deadly, cousin.

It really is amazing how potent a creature can be. I can't imagine, and don't really want to, laying in a hospital bed for any amount of time in so much pain that you slip in and out of consciousness, and convulse.

That's when I'd empty my IV bag, reattach, and squeeze.

 

[yamaha racer]

ya i also read it in the smithsonian and there not just in australia, there in mex and almost every where near the equater

 

[Amphiprion]

Very interesting show. I recall the news about it a while back. Irukandji were far more potent than I would have otherwise thought, though Chironex fleckeri is still more venomous (at least since it is so much bigger). I am surprised that they never said that these "jellyfish" aren't even jellyfish, or not true ones anyway.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

I saw it last night for the second or third time. Right before it was the thing on humboldt squid which was pretty cool too. I'm not so sure I want to go diving on the great barrier reef anymore, which sucks because the few reef shots they showed looked sweet.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6549626#post6549626 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Amphiprion
I am surprised that they never said that these "jellyfish" aren't even jellyfish, or not true ones anyway.

I also believe they said nematocysts were only used by jellyfish, but isnt that what corals and anemones have too? Maybe they meant cnidarians (I believe jellies are also part of that group?).

 

[Amphiprion]

Yes, all cnidarians possess stinging cells, which is a group that encompasses corals, sea anemones, jellies, and box jellies. I was just kind of curious because the jellies that you and I normally think of are in the class Scyphozoa, while box jellies and relatives are in the class Cubozoa--so they are not even "true" jellyfish.

 

[reefD]

florida has those" man of war" jellies (that what locals call them) that have small little bodies with tenicles reaching 30- 40 feet.! not that deadly but painful. and scaring

 

[Amphiprion]

Yeah, we get those here from time to time. They aren't just painful, they are excruciating, causing paralysis and the like. The funny thing is, not even they are true jellyfish--they are a colonial hydroid. It is odd to think that the most deadly jellyfish aren't even jellyfish.

 

[CaveManNOhio]

Talk about painful, I had a moon jellyfish get up and in my shorts once. Glad it wasn't any of the type they were talking about. The squid show was real cool to.