Stinger-resistant swimming enclosures are deployed at popular beaches throughout North Queensland, where they protect against the deadly box jellyfish.
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Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Dr Lisa-ann Gershwin (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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Stinger-resistant swimming enclosures are deployed at popular beaches throughout North Queensland. They offer a high degree of protection against stings from the deadly box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, but not from Irukandji.