Turning the Tide on Jellyfish Stings
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Eight days after the full
Eight days after the full moon, scientists from the University of Hawaii’s Cnidarian Venom Lab comb Waikiki beach collecting deadly tourists to bring back to their lab. They'll use these box jellyfish specimens to study their venom and help generate a chemical blocker to mitigate the fatal effects of the jelly’s sting. . Killing more humans per year than sharks, the box jellyfish is one of the deadliest creatures on earth. Dr. Angel Yanagihara and her Cnidarian Venom Lab have shown that . the widely accepted treatment combo of urine and ice can make the sting worse.
Produced by Chelsea Fiske and Brandon Swanson
Music by Audio Network
Additional Images Provided by Dr. Angel Yanagihara, University of Hawaii,
Pond5, A/V Geeks, Thi-Huong Nguyen et al. (C.C. BY 4.0), Georgia K.
Atkin-Smith et al. (C.C. BY 4.0), M. Grundner et al. (C.C. BY 4.0)
Special Thanks to Raechel Kadler, Kiki Hurwitz, Christie Wilcox
Produced by Chelsea Fiske and Brandon Swanson
Music by Audio Network
Additional Images Provided by Dr. Angel Yanagihara, University of Hawaii,
Pond5, A/V Geeks, Thi-Huong Nguyen et al. (C.C. BY 4.0), Georgia K.
Atkin-Smith et al. (C.C. BY 4.0), M. Grundner et al. (C.C. BY 4.0)
Special Thanks to Raechel Kadler, Kiki Hurwitz, Christie Wilcox
6 سال پیش
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