Box Jellyfishes.

I was meandering around the 

National Geographic website

and in the animals section, 

they featured the Box Jellyfish.

In the article they compared the 

jelly to a 6ft man, and they were about 

the same size.

I felt that something was off.

I knew they could be large-

but the same size as a full grown man?

I did my research.

and in diameter the head

of the jelly is about 11.8"

the tentacles can grow to

up to 9ft in length.

This is the Chironex fleckeri species.

The largest of the box jellyfish.

Now don't get me wrong. 

they are quite long.

And NG got the measurements right.

But the picture looks like it is

 a man-eating jellyfish.

I can't even explain why this irks me.

I suppose I am just a fan of accuracy.

For more facts on the Box Jelly

head to the Outback Australia Travel Guide.

They have a nice fact sheet

about this very awesome and 

deadly sea creature.