I just read an article about a lady in Malaysia dying almost immediately after being stung by a box jellyfish while bathing off the coast of Pantai Cenang. Here’s some info on the little transparent bugger:

Box jellyfish are a group of invertebrates belonging to the class Cubozoa. One of the most dangerous members of this group is Chironex fleckeri, also known as the Sea wasp. Chironex fleckeri is found in the oceans of Australia and southeastern Asia and an average specimen contains enough venom to kill 60 adult humans.

I got curious about what warning signs looked like for jellyish zones and I only found three. I figured there would be a more diverse design for these things around the world. Here’s what I found:

On a related note: Doesn’t “Sea Wasp” just sound like a perfect villain name? Huh? Sure does.

Unfortunately aligned with a reference currently made in the strip, CBC News Online YouTube channel reports on a tragedy of a Sea World killer whale killing one of its trainers.

A killer whale grabbed and drowned a veteran trainer at Sea World in Orlando, Fla., during a routine show. As Kelly Cobiella reports, this is the third death of a person connected to this whale.

It sucks hearing that this kind of stuff can happen–but I have to wonder sometimes at the rationality behind thinking we as humans can control any creature not meant to be controlled. Unpredictability with a creature this size and power is always something that threatens a human’s safety when they are within its proximity.