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Scientists Discovered a Deadly New Creature Near ‘the Island Behind Which Lies Death’

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The box jellyfish is already one of the deadliest creatures on Earth. Mother Nature decided we needed another one.

According to research published in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, scientists from Tohoku University and the National University of Singapore have identified an entirely new species of box jellyfish floating like a carelessly discarded plastic grocery bag in the waters around Singapore. The newly discovered species, named Chironex blakangmati, belongs to the same genus as the terrifying gelatinous killers already floating around out there, packed with a potent venom that can trigger heart failure and nervous system collapse in an unlucky swimmer.

Researchers collected the jellyfish near Sentosa........

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