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AAP General News (Australia)

01-04-2000

Qld: Facts about box jellyfish

Facts about the box jellyfish.

* found in northern coastal waters between Gladstone in Queensland and Broome in Western
Australia;

* the jellyfish, or Chironex Fleckeri, is pale blue or milky, with tentacles trailing
three metres behind its bell-shaped body.

* blamed for more than 60 deaths, mainly of children, in the 100 years to th...

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