Nut-sized jellyfish lands man in hospital

A tourist was in a critical condition today after he was stung by a potentially deadly peanut-sized jellyfish off Australia’s northeast coast.

A tourist was in a critical condition today after he was stung by a potentially deadly peanut-sized jellyfish off Australia’s northeast coast.

The 58-year-old man brushed against the tiny, extremely poisonous Irukandji jellyfish while swimming near Hamilton Island in northern Queensland.

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