Box jellyfish live in warm coastal marine waters around the world, and species with toxic venom are generally found in the indian and pacific oceans, between thailand and the philippines and off the coast of northern australia. The box jellyfish is more than just a drifting jelly — it’s the ocean’s most venomous animal, armed with stings that can be fatal to humans Box jellyfish, belonging to the cubozoa class, are the world's most venomous sea creatures with up to 15 tentacles containing 5,000 stinging cells that release a toxin causing rapid blood pressure spikes and heart failure.
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Among all of the needlessly venomous animals in australia, there’s one that floats to the top of the list every time, the infamous box jellyfish
This animal operates in three dimensions, actively hunts down and kills its prey and has some of the most lethal venom known.
Box jellyfish have been observed at waikiki beach and at maili beach and its shorelines. Of the 50 or so species of box jellyfish, also called sea wasps, only a few have venom that can be lethal to humans
