A dangerous beach in Northern Australia.

Yes, a beach can be a place of fun and frolic but also can be dangerous at the same time.
I know you will think of Shark immediately when you read 'dangerous beach'. But there are other dangers lurking dear; an innocuous looking Jelly Fish is also very dangerous.

You don't believe-eh?

The coastline of Northern Australia is said to be the habitat for chironex fleckeri, also known as the box jellyfish. (see picture).

Of course, the attacks are rarely fatal but there are attacks. About 40 people are attacked and hospitalized every year in Northern Territory--a quiet state with just 215,000 residents and over 3,000 miles of coastline.

Just last year, a 6-year-old boy died in the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin. The box jellyfish has rapidly acting venom that can cause cardiac dysfunction (resulting in loss of consciousness), cardiac arrest and death within five minutes of a sting.

And we thought jelly fish is harmless!

Source: Forbes

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