Juvenile and Adult Japanese Giant Box Jellyfish (Morbakka virulenta)

Juvenile and Adult Japanese Giant Box Jellyfish (Morbakka virulenta)

The Japanese giant box jellyfish has a painful sting that makes its victim feel as though their flesh is on fire. In Japanese, these venomous stings earned the jellyfish its nickname: the “fire jellyfish.”

The Japanese giant box jellyfish has a painful sting that makes its victim feel as though their flesh is on fire. In Japanese, these venomous stings earned the jellyfish its nickname: the “fire jellyfish.”

Date:
25 March 2019
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