However, you can find this snake all around Australia. You can find Eastern Brown snakes mainly on the East coast of Australia in both coast, woodlands, grasslands and even farming areas: from Cape York to inland areas of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. They are classified as the second most venomous snake in the world. Their average length is between 3.6 to 5.9 feet (1-1.8 meters) though there have been sightings of these snakes to be as long as 7.9 feet (2.4 meters). The symptoms of the syndrome include: cramps, lower back pain, sweating, nausea and anxiety.Īs their name indicates, Eastern Brown snakes are brown in color, though their tone and scale pattern can vary highly depending on the sub-species and age of the snake. This will only happen if not hospitalized and treated so, if the symptoms of an Irukandiji jellyfish occur, it is highly important to seek medical attention immediately. Irukandiji syndrome has known to kill two people in the past. Though they have mainly been sighted around Cairns and the northern Australian coast, there have been records of Irukandiji stings across the whole of the Australian coast. In fact, their sting also has its own syndrome: the Irukandiji syndrome, which is caused by a small amount of venom. Like the Box Jellyfish, it uses its tentacles to poison possible prey, though these little creatures also have venomous stings on their bell too. There are five different sub-species of the Irukandiji Jellyfish that carry a venom that can also be lethal. The Irukandji jellyfish is in fact a smaller species of box jellyfish, they are transparent in color and can be as small as 1 centimeter (0.4 in).
Only the pain caused by the sting is enough to make a human go into shock.ĭuring their breeding period, Box jellyfish lay their eggs in the northern Australia estuaries, which is why they may not be visible in muddy areas and can actually be dangerous, and even deadly, to humans. The venom in the tentacles of the box jellyfish affects the nervous system within minutes and can paralyze its victim and can cause cardiac arrest within one or two minutes. In Australia, they usually live in the coast of northern Australia, though during the warmer months of summer, these invertebrates swim closer to the shore in order to breed in estuaries. Where are they found?Īustralian Box Jellyfish reside in the Indo-Pacific region, though they can also scarcely be found in tropical and sub-tropical oceans. Only the turtle is capable of standing the jellyfish's sting. They use it as a defense against other fish and prey to paralyze their victims. The box jellyfish can have as many as 5000 tentacles that can reach 2 meters in length.
They owe their name due to the shape of their top, which is shaped as a cube and has four corners instead of being round like most jelly fish.
Who would have thought that the most dangerous animal in Australia was a Jellyfish? This species, also known as sea wasp, can grow to as big as three meters (10 ft).
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