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Irukandji jellyfish

Nettle jelly fish at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, California -- Ben Vincent

Irukandji jellyfish (pronounced /ˈɪrəˌkændʒi/, EER-ə-KAND-jee) are tiny and extremely venomous jellyfish that are found the world over,^[1] and which cause symptoms collectively known as Irukandji syndrome. Its size is roughly no larger than a centimetre cubed. So far, there are two known species of Irukandji: Carukia barnesi and the recently discovered Malo kingi.

The symptoms of Irukandji syndrome were first documented by Hugo Flecker^[2] in 1952 and named after the Irukandji people whose country stretches along the coastal strip north of Cairns, Queensland.^[3] The first-known of these jellyfish, Carukia barnesi, was identified in 1964 by Dr. Jack Barnes; in order to prove it was the cause of Irukandji syndrome, he captured the tiny jelly and stung himself, his son, and a life guard.^[4]

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March 12 in history

March 12 is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 294 days remaining until the end of the year.

538: Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Roman general, Belisarius.
1930: Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march, known as the Dandi March, to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt.
1940: Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
1964: New Hampshire Lottery: New Hampshire becomes the first state to sell lottery tickets in the modern era.
1971: The March 12 Memorandum, is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
1993: Several bombs explode in Bombay (Mumbai), India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
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