Just days before his gig in the “Best Job in the World” ended, Briton Ben Southall was stung by a deadly Irukandji jellyfish.

Southall, 34, was jetskiing with his friends when the tiny, extremely venomous creature tagged him:

I was enjoying a post Christmas jetski session with some friends at a quiet beach on Hamilton Island and as I climbed off the back of the ski and onto the beach felt a small bee-like sting on my forearm, I didn’t think too much of it at the time as it disappeared very quickly and left the beach to head to a sports massage appointment I had.  As I arrived I noticed that my feet and hands were tingling slightly and before I started my treatment commented on the chain of events which had led to this – the member of staff immediately suggested that I get the symptoms checked out and within minutes had the islands security there to escort me to the doctor’s room, only a few hundred metres away.

Southall, who describes himself as “very lucky,” is fine after a few hours of “uncomfortable pain” and tweeted the following message to well-wishing Twitter followers:

Thanks for the concern everyone, I’m feeling 100% again after the jellyfish incident but have learnt my lesson! Happy New Year to you all

Southall beat out around 34,000 competitors to land the gig, exploring the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef and blogging about it while crashing in a multi-million dollar villa and collecting a “large salary.” At the conclusion of the job, Southall will spend 18 months working as  the “Best Job in the World Queensland Tourism Ambassador.”

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Swarms of giant Nomura’s jellyfish are about to descend on the waters off Japan, putting the country’s fishing industry at serious risk.

Nomura’s jellyfish grow up to 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches) in diameter and weigh up to 220 kilograms (450 pounds), and are commonly found in the waters between China and Japan. Scientists have detected unprecedented numbers heading to Japan, in what local media has described as a “jellyfish typhoon.”

Nomura’s jellyfish populations have surged previously during 1958 and 1995, dealing a huge blow to Japan’s fishing industry. The jellyfish, which are as large as a man, damage nets and kill fish with venom, decreasing available fish stocks. They also sting fisherman, creating an often risky situation when caught.

Although numbers this year aren’t known yet, during the 2005 surge an estimated 300 to 500 million Nomura’s jelly fish passed through the Tsushima Strait between South Korea and Japan every day. They’re also hard to get rid off, releasing millions of offspring into the water when they are attacked or killed.

More details on Wikipedia here.

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