Jellyfish at the Monterey
Bay Aquarium

• The longest critter on land or sea was a jellyfish that washed ashore in 1865 at New England's Cape Ann. It measured 245 feet from fringe to fringe.
• The best first aid for a jellyfish sting is to dab vinegar on it.
• The deeper you go, the bigger the jellyfish.
• The deadliest animal on earth is a sea wasp jellyfish. Only a bullet kills faster than its sting.
• The offspring of a jellyfish is not a jellyfish but a hydroid. The offspring of a hydroid is not a hydroid but a jellyfish.
• The poison in the box jellyfish's sting is so potent it can deliver an excruciatingly painful death within four minutes—to one human, or to 60. It lives off the northern coast of Australia and the offshore edge of southeastern Asia.
  

Jellyfish photo courtesy of penguin8@slip.net (David K. Rodrigues)