Nobody hates being stung by a jellyfish, but they normally don't make you feel like the world is ending - unless you're stung by the Irukandji in Australian seas. The bite of this little box jellyfish produces Irukandji syndrome, which induces a developing sensation of dread that can become so intense that patients have begged physicians to put them out of their suffering.
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