Talk:Irukandji syndrome

message: Just here to suggest considering adding a link to the WBUR podcast about this:
 Screamtime: Doom Jellyfish  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richtatum (talk • contribs) 01:08, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

message: Dr. Barnes recieved an Honorable Mention Darwain Award in 1997 (full text) due to his unconventional research techniques while discovering the Irukandji jellyfish. Is this possibly worth mentioning in the article?
: according to that webpage the son was 14. I'll try to discover the true age and update the page. --Soyweiser 09:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Damn, couldn't find the original article. I give up. I don't think that such an old article is available online. --Soyweiser 09:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In the context of Darwin Awards, son's age is irrelevant: by jeopardizing his son, Barnes attempted to stop spread of his genes, regardless son's age. `'Míkka 16:53, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Darwain Award

message: At present the article on Irukandji Jellyfish seems to encompass TWO seperate and distinct genus .. and they are NOT both equally responsible for Irukandji syndrome.
On these grounds a merger would not seem appropriate at present.  Perhaps, instead, this article should be left to stand .. and the existing Irukandji jellfish divided into seperate articles with binomial species naming. Bruceanthro (talk) 05:22, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal to Merge Article with [[Irukandji Jellyfish]]

message: It says that immediate medical action must be taken lest cardiac arrest happens. Yet apparently treatment is largely supportive, focusing on reducing pain. How does that prevent cardiac arrest?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.220.228.143 (talk) 09:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency 

message: The new article Keesingia gigas states "This and another new species bring the total number of jellyfish known to cause Irkuandji syndrome worldwide up to 16, four them coming from Western Australia." This article should be brought up to date for consistency.--Wetman (talk) 03:27, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  number of species 

message: I notice the list of "seven" identified box jellyfish:
but only seven jellyfish are positively identified (Carukia barnesi, Alatina cf. mordens, Alatina alata, Malo maximus, Malo kingi, Carybdea xaymacana, an as-yet unnamed "fire jelly", and another unnamed species)
Is actually eight items, at least as I read it:
<UL><LI>1. Carukia barnesi</LI>
<LI>2. Alatina cf. mordens</LI>
<LI>3. Alatina alata</LI>
<LI>4. Malo maximus</LI>
<LI>5. Malo kingi</LI>
<LI>6. Carybdea xaymacana</LI>
<LI>7. an as-yet unnamed "fire jelly"</LI>
<LI>8. another unnamed species</LI></UL>
Someone may want to correct. Then again, as the list of jellyfish known to cause the syndrome is now given as 16 elsewhere, perhaps this is no longer an issue. Still, it seems pretty pathetic to have a list of seven items with eight items given by name. 2601:140:C000:25C6:201F:B2BE:892D:D7E0 (talk) 11:46, 20 May 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for noticiing and pointing it out. I rephrased it to avoid the counting and to leave open the possibility of more postivitely identified species existing. 23:27, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Counting Problems