The Most Deadly Jellyfish in the World: a 13-Year-Old Dies After a Stinging Sting of a Cubomedusa Nicknamed the "Seagulf"
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This species is recognized as the most deadly jellyfish in the world. Australia's cubomedusa was found in Thailand at a time of year when it is not present in normal times.
A 13-year-old teenager died last Saturday, August 1, after being stung by a cube near the beach of Ban Fai Thai, Thailand. It is reported by the Thai Pbs station and the local coast guard. The poison of this species, which lives in the waters of the Indo-Pacific region, causes an instant and intense pain. [...] L'articolo A 13-year-old boy died in Thailand for the sting of a cubemedusa: the coast guard intensifys surveillance on bathers comes fr…
A 13-year-old boy in Thailand died after being stung by a highly venomous jellyfish, the Flecker's four-winged jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri), also known as the sea wasp, while swimming near a beach. The boy was about ten meters from shore at the time.
The tragedy occurred on Saturday, August 1st on Ban Fai Tha beach, in the Sichon district of southern Thailand. After participating in a football tournament, Nanthaphat Boonplod, aged 13, bathed at sea when he was snatched by a cubomedusa, a particularly dangerous species.The young boy lost consciousness when he was about ten metres from the shore. He was taken to the hospital and died shortly after in spite of the rescues. The doctors found sev…
A death in Thailand shows how dangerous a jellyfish can become. There are also some with us. But what helps in case of emergency and what doesn't? We do the facts check!
The surveillance was reinforced by the authorities along the coast of Thailand following the tragic death of a teenager who suffered fatal injections of a jellyfish.
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