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Box Jellyfish Facts. Unfortunately there is little scientific research about box jellyfish. That creates a lot of fear and anxiety, which is understandable. It also creates many myths, presenting some facts in truly bizarre manner. The biggest misconception about this unique creature – all box jellyfish are deadly. In fact only tiny percentage of box jellyfish has venom strong enough to kill human. However at this point scientists don’t know what is so specific about these mutants. The second popular box jellyfish myth - Only large Box jellyfish are deadly. In fact there is absolutely no connection between size and ”killing ability” of jellyfish. There is also a popular believe that box jellyfish are not present when the weather is rough. In fact box jellyfish is not disappearing anywhere doesn’t matter how strong the wind is.   Some swimmers believe that they are safer in area around the rocks because box jellyfish are not found there. According to numerous observations there is no indication that area close to the rocks is safer indeed. Some myths about box jellyfish look like they came to our educated age directly from antiquity. The most popular of them - Box jellyfish actively hunt people. In fact box jellyfish is a primitive organism and this myth is absolutely ridiculous.