Talk:Irukandji syndrome

Just here to suggest considering adding a link to the WBUR podcast about this:

[1] Screamtime: Doom Jellyfish — Preceding unsigned comment added by Richtatum (talk • contribs) 01:08, 15 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Darwain Award

Dr. Barnes recieved an Honorable Mention Darwain Award in 1997 (full text) due to his unconventional research techniques while discovering the Irukandji jellyfish. Is this possibly worth mentioning in the article?

according to that webpage the son was 14. I'll try to discover the true age and update the page. --Soyweiser 09:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Damn, couldn't find the original article. I give up. I don't think that such an old article is available online. --Soyweiser 09:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In the context of Darwin Awards, son's age is irrelevant: by jeopardizing his son, Barnes attempted to stop spread of his genes, regardless son's age. `'Míkka 16:53, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposal to Merge Article with Irukandji Jellyfish

At present the article on Irukandji Jellyfish seems to encompass TWO seperate and distinct genus .. and they are NOT both equally responsible for Irukandji syndrome.

On these grounds a merger would not seem appropriate at present. Perhaps, instead, this article should be left to stand .. and the existing Irukandji jellfish divided into seperate articles with binomial species naming. Bruceanthro (talk) 05:22, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fact warning

There is a problem with this article, it claims that he tested the toxin on 3 people while the article on the jellyfish says only on himself.

Someone should fact check that.

Also, Wikipedia makes it too hard to mark an article for fact checking. Should I really have to read a manual and learn coding to do that? It should be possible with 1 click. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.239.123.191 (talk) 01:17, 10 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

– All 3 per cited sources. Bit sad this error stood for nearly 9 years after being noted on the talk page. Adrian J. Hunter^{(talk•contribs)} 10:39, 2 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Inconsistency

It says that immediate medical action must be taken lest cardiac arrest happens. Yet apparently treatment is largely supportive, focusing on reducing pain. How does that prevent cardiac arrest? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.220.228.143 (talk) 09:41, 7 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

number of species

The new article Keesingia gigas states "This and another new species bring the total number of jellyfish known to cause Irkuandji syndrome worldwide up to 16, four them coming from Western Australia." This article should be brought up to date for consistency.--Wetman (talk) 03:27, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Counting Problems

I notice the list of "seven" identified box jellyfish:

but only seven jellyfish are positively identified (Carukia barnesi, Alatina cf. mordens, Alatina alata, Malo maximus, Malo kingi, Carybdea xaymacana, an as-yet unnamed "fire jelly", and another unnamed species)

Is actually eight items, at least as I read it:

1. Carukia barnesi
2. Alatina cf. mordens
3. Alatina alata
4. Malo maximus
5. Malo kingi
6. Carybdea xaymacana
7. an as-yet unnamed "fire jelly"
8. another unnamed species

Someone may want to correct. Then again, as the list of jellyfish known to cause the syndrome is now given as 16 elsewhere, perhaps this is no longer an issue. Still, it seems pretty pathetic to have a list of seven items with eight items given by name. 2601:140:C000:25C6:201F:B2BE:892D:D7E0 (talk) 11:46, 20 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for noticiing and pointing it out. I rephrased it to avoid the counting and to leave open the possibility of more postivitely identified species existing. 23:27, 25 May 2016 (UTC)