Box Jellyfish Death Brings Anger In The Philippines
Jahaziel Michaellie Maningdin is devastated and angry after the death of her daughter, five-year-old Kiera, who was fatally stung by a box jellyfish at a Philippines resort. A relaxing mother and child swim turned into a nightmare at All Hands Beach in Subic Bay when on a calm and sunny late-June morning this year, Keira suddenly screamed, collapsed and within a few agonising minutes was dead. She had stepped into the sticky tentacles of a lethal and endemic box jellyfish and was quickly, painfully killed by its lightning-fast acting and extremely potent venom. This happened at a resort. A revenue-making resort attracting paying tourists that offers no information, no warning signs, no related first-aid protocols, no rapid-response procedures, no anything. Yet, aware of the risk and that box jellyfish are endemic to the area, they meanwhile promote their resort as “… great for swimming for all ages due to the gradually sloping depth of t...