Man critical after sting from jellyfish the size of peanut

A MAN dived face-first into an extremely venomous, peanut-sized jellyfish in waters off north-east Australia and medics flew him to a hospital intensive care unit to treat the potentially fatal sting, officials said.

The 29-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was on a yacht off north-east Queensland state.

As a precaution, he was wearing a full-length “stinger suit”, a lightweight version of a wetsuit that covers everything but the face, feet and hands and helps protect against venomous jellyfish that are common in northern Australia during the southern hemisphere summer.