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What’s the ocean’s
deadliest animal?
Many sea creatures deliver a painful
bite, while others give a deadly
sting. The deadliest of them all is
the dreaded box jellyfish.
A box jellyfish has
around 60 tentacles,
each containing around
5,000 stinging cells. Danger!
Danger!
From 2000
to 2015,
290 people
Danger! died from
“saltie” attacks
About 150 people
Danger!
a year are thought to die
from sea snake bites, but
Danger! Fewer than not all bites are lethal
10 people per
year die from
World’s most shark attacks
venomous fish, but
deaths are rare
Saltwater
crocodile
Great white shark Sea snake
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