The Earth at night. Photographs taken by NASA.
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*smoke emiting from clenched fist*
woman: OOOOoOOH NoO!!!! It’s meelltIINNGG!!
*ring melts off woman’s hand*
woman: MY PRECIOUS POWERRrRR RING! GONE FOORRVVERrrr..
woman: *screams like a pterodactyl*
I’M FUCKING DYING-
The Irukandji jellyfish, which isn’t even one inch long, induces immense pain in the people it stings. Unfortunately for beachgoers, especially Down Under, 2016’s record high temperatures and powerful El Niño might create an ideal ocean climate for this sneaky little monster.
“Patients believe they’re going to die and they’re so certain of it that they’ll actually beg their doctors to kill them just to get it over with,” one biologist said. Symptoms of Irukandji sydrome start with intense and targeted lower back pain, lead to constant vomiting and then much worse.
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