2006-08-28 16:46:19 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Hurts like heck.Its sting precedes painful symptoms known as "Irukandji syndrome", named so by Hugo Flecker in 1952 after an aboriginal tribe of Cairns. The jellyfish itself was identified only in 1964 by Dr. Jack Barnes; in order to prove it was indeed the cause of Irukandji syndrome, he captured the tiny jelly and stung both himself and his son. It takes part of its scientific name from Barnes.
2006-08-28 16:51:52 · answer #1 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't it obvious? It hurts! Irkandji tell by da name, mate? Heh heh, corny, I know. Sorry, mate. Couldn't help me-self. Hey, the other guy's answer looked pretty good to me. I've never been stung by that particular variety of jellyfish. So, I couldn't say for sure. I know that the other kinds of jellyfish that I've been stung by feel a lot like being sliced by a razor, and a Portuguese manowar feels like you broke something (like your toe, if that's where you got stung).
2006-08-29 01:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by aghostprofilebeingempty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋