Meet Your Jellyfish Overlords 2: Chironex fleckeri

Photo by Guido Gautsch

Photo by Guido Gautsch

Summary

Dr. Lisa-ann Gershwin introduces us to Chironex fleckeri, the Deadly Box Jelly.   

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Shownotes

This episode features Dr. Lisa-ann Gershwin, the author of Stung: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future Of The Ocean, and Jellyfish: A Natural History.  Learn more about her work at http://lisagershwin.com/.

Music for this episode was produced by Sunfish Moon Light and Loam Zoku.

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