Box jelly fish facts: 13 facts about Box Jellyfish
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Here are 13 facts about the Box Jellyfish to help gain a better understanding of this unique sea creature of the deep warm oceans of the Indo-Pacific.
Synopsis
The box jellyfish is famous for its ability to stun or kill it's prey with very powerful venom.
The venom of a box jellyfish contains toxins that attack skin cells, the nervous system and the heart.
By stunning their prey with venom they are able to easily trap them with their tentacles without the need for a struggle and potentially damaging them in the process
Survivors of box jellyfish fish attacks tell of encountering significant pain in the following weeks and having scarring from where the tentacles have attached themselves
Box jellyfish are also callled sea wasps and marine stingers,
They are found in coastal waters off Northern Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Their coloration is pale blue and transparent
They get their name from the cube-like shape of their bell.they can have Up to 15 tentacles growing from each corner of the bell and can reach 10 feet (3 meters) in length.
In each have tentacle there are about 5,000 stinging cells, which are triggered by the presence of a chemical on the outer layer of its prey.
Compared to other species of jellyfish they are highly advanced and can move be rather than just drift like other jelly fish. They can travel at up to four knots.
Box jellyfish have eyes that are grouped in clusters of six in each of the four sides of their bell. Each of these clusters have a pair of eyes on eavhnof the four sides which gives them 360 degree sight.
Venomous species of box jellyfish are found exclusively in the tropical Indo-Pacific,
Other less threatening species are found widely in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world.
Synopsis
The box jellyfish is famous for its ability to stun or kill it's prey with very powerful venom.
The venom of a box jellyfish contains toxins that attack skin cells, the nervous system and the heart.
By stunning their prey with venom they are able to easily trap them with their tentacles without the need for a struggle and potentially damaging them in the process
Survivors of box jellyfish fish attacks tell of encountering significant pain in the following weeks and having scarring from where the tentacles have attached themselves
Box jellyfish are also callled sea wasps and marine stingers,
They are found in coastal waters off Northern Australia and throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Their coloration is pale blue and transparent
They get their name from the cube-like shape of their bell.they can have Up to 15 tentacles growing from each corner of the bell and can reach 10 feet (3 meters) in length.
In each have tentacle there are about 5,000 stinging cells, which are triggered by the presence of a chemical on the outer layer of its prey.
Compared to other species of jellyfish they are highly advanced and can move be rather than just drift like other jelly fish. They can travel at up to four knots.
Box jellyfish have eyes that are grouped in clusters of six in each of the four sides of their bell. Each of these clusters have a pair of eyes on eavhnof the four sides which gives them 360 degree sight.
Venomous species of box jellyfish are found exclusively in the tropical Indo-Pacific,
Other less threatening species are found widely in tropical and subtropical oceans around the world.
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