Talk:Chironex fleckeri

Bad Grammar

Not sure if this is an acceptable criticism, but dear God, I've never seen such indiscriminate use of the semi-colon! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.135.204.185 (talk) 18:04, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

In my experience far too many people are scared of their use! I was once marked down on an essay because the marker claimed, on the basis that they didn't know how to use them, that I certainly didn't! If you don't like the sentence structure, help yourself; this is a wiki!Roggg (talk) 14:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Negatives

"turtles, which are not the only creatures known to be immune to their stings."

Shouldn't that be "which are the only creatures"? (I'm not an expert, but as far as I know, sea turtles are the only animals that hunt various species of toxic jellies as their primary food source. So I don't think the 'not' belongs there.) 72.64.182.202 (talk) 22:53, 5 March 2009 (UTC) i think Citation needed shows up too much — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.220.169.231 (talk) 01:28, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Lethality

It is important to consider that every species will react to the venom differently. I reworded the lead to reflect this.StephenPCook (talk) 06:36, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

"mild" sting ?

What (or who) decides weather a sting is mild ? Only a small part of the swimmers body touches the jelly-fish or what ? I've read that many people die of the pain chock, which causes a heatattec. I've also read that it has four eyes and can swim very fast and after rain , they gather at river mouths. Like they both can feel the slightest stream of freash water and know that food follows in the stream of fresh water. Do not recall from where though, but I'm sure I've read it. 83.249.169.163 (talk) 05:32, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

History of sting treatment (last sentence)

The paragraph introduces using vinegar as a method of deactivating still functional nematocysts, then points out multiple flaws in the study that discovered this including the release of more toxin. Then in the final sentence, "Because of these concerns, dilute acetic acid is still the recommended treatment." Usually people don't keep recommending doing or not something when a study is flawed. I'm going to change this to "Despite of these concerns, ...". I'm just posting this here to clarify why in case someone decides it was fine the other way or I misread something. 98.222.199.14 (talk) 08:44, 24 February 2016 (UTC)

Dimensions of the body, anyone?

We have a fair bit about the dimensions of the tentacles, but nothing about the body’s dimensions, other than ‘large’. Boscaswell talk 05:53, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Could somebody work in this reference to thrilling scientific work as an antidote?

Date: April 30, 2019 Source: University of Sydney Summary: Researchers studying how pain works have discovered an antidote to the deadly sting delivered by the most venomous creature on Earth -- the Australian box jellyfish. A single sting to a human causes necrosis of the skin, excruciating pain and, if the dose of venom is large enough, cardiac arrest and death within minutes. The new antidote, discovered using CRISPR genome editing techniques, blocks the symptoms within 15 minutes after contact.

Published in the journal Nature Communications today, the study used CRISPR whole genome editing to identify how the venom works. Genome editing is a technology that allows scientists to add, remove or alter genetic material in an organism's DNA.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190430173205.htm

Wiki Education assignment: Invertebrate Zoology

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