i watched this documentary last night on one of the most dangerous animal in the whole world. and you just picture all of these huge anacondas and red back spiders and great white sharks and other "nasty ones" as the gothic marine biologist put it. and on a ladder, these nasty ones are just average. and somewhere a few million steps up above comes the irukandji jellyfish at just over an inch long with no brain that kicks all this nasty ass back to the old country.
it kicks so much butt it can mimic any disease and virus known and can spread through breathing. and apparently there are millions of them in north queensland. with no real cure 130 people a month die from this tiny squishy thing with no brain but a couple of eyes. just how would that work anyway??
and they showed this film clip of a lady and her boyfriend who had been stung.. and it almost looked as though the girl was on fire her skin was so red.. she was so pumped full of morphine she was dribbling everywhere and she was scratching the hell out of herself until she was bleeding all over the floor. and everyone just sat there watching with no idea what to do. and she went in and out of fits and turned purple and then fell into a coma. so much yelling and screaming and pulling out hair.. they didnt show much of her boyfriend as he died pretty much straight away.
this couple were scientists( who quite obviously fucked up big time playing with these jellyfish..) they had no idea that if one person was biten the venom could quite easily be passed with just a touch of skin.
but anyway.. besides the science lesson i thought it was pretty fucking awesome that this tiny, almost invisible guy inside a bubble could own any of your worst nightmares.
almost as cool as eyeless fish..
