The Round Up: A Rural Health Podcast
Aug 6, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
**🎙️ RDAQ Conference Bonus Episode** Marine stingers are an iconic part of tropical Australia, but for clinicians, recognising and managing these presentations can be lifesaving. In this special…
Mark LittleGuest
Elissa HatherlyHost
We've talked box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, the most incredibly developed creature in the ocean by the sounds of it.
Mark Little, is there anything that we need to know about Irukandji or box jellyfish that you haven't already told us?
Here in Cairns they've got this thing where they, on the way, when the boats come back in from the reef, they throw a net out the back.
Uh, from a research point of view, it's fantastic, because jellyfish live in swarms, and so we can see where people are gonna get dragged through a swarm of jellyfish.
We've talked box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri, the most incredibly developed creature in the ocean by the sounds of it.
Mark Little, is there anything that we need to know about Irukandji or box jellyfish that you haven't already told us?
Here in Cairns they've got this thing where they, on the way, when the boats come back in from the reef, they throw a net out the back.
Uh, from a research point of view, it's fantastic, because jellyfish live in swarms, and so we can see where people are gonna get dragged through a swarm of jellyfish.
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