Tuesday, October 25, 2011

The Box Jellyfish are considered to be extremely deadly due to their ability of emitting venom that can instantaneously stun or kill. Each Box Jellyfish has up to 15 tentacles each corner, and each tentacle contains approximately 5,000 stinging cells. Chemicals present on surfaces of the preys' triggers this carnivore to release their venom. As dangerous as this animal may be, I still perceive it to be one of the most beautiful creatures I have seen in my life. Elegant, majestic, brilliant, grand, wondrous and breathtaking, but also simultaneously terrifying, lethal and perilous. If I was immune to their toxins, I would spend days -- no, months in the ocean swimming with them.

No comments:

Post a Comment