Surviving a Box Jellyfish Attack | Something Bit Me!

Off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii Dr. Yanagihara accidentally came into contact with multiple box jellyfish and managed to survive the encounter.
➡ Subscribe: bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe
#NationalGeographic #JellyfishAttack
About National Geographic:
National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible.
Get More National Geographic:
Official Site: bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite
Facebook: bit.ly/FBNatGeo
Twitter: bit.ly/NatGeoTwitter
Instagram: bit.ly/NatGeoInsta
TikTok: / natgeo
Tenor: on.natgeo.com/31b3Koc
Surviving a Box Jellyfish Attack | Something Bit Me!
• Surviving a Box Jellyf...
National Geographic
/ natgeo

[@solomonbacon8893]

"I crossed THEIR path. It was not their fault but mine" 👏👏👏 such a refreshing level of awarness

[@C0C0PR]

If it was any other jelly fish then yeah, but box jellyfish actively hunt. It may have actually crossed her path.

[@Pssybart]

Jellyfish are just standing their ground... Or floating their water... or whatever.

[@mariahlehman9777]

I think it’s weird to have to ascribe fault to everything. It was unfortunate but both were in their natural environments doing what came natural. Humans weren’t born to sit in a room trying not to disturb anything until they die.

[@Cat-jh8kh]

@@C0C0PR box jellyfish dont actively hunt 😭

[@C0C0PR]

@@Cat-jh8kh They absolutely do.

[@idiotusmaximus5530]

I love the way the doctor looks at her misfortune as her fault not the jelly fish

[@elizabethecarlisle1045]

Educated, compassionate, rational and realistic 💕

[@verabolton]

I realized that abusers are like jelly fish. They tell their victims: "You're in my way, I can't help but hit you"

[@Cr7ptid]

@@verabolton Jellyfish don’t do it on or with purpose but that’s still a pretty good analogy

[@hdjdhdjdrjfi]

@@veraboltonno box jellyfish have eyes and try to avoid people as they are not prey to them

[@williammccraw3629]

Jellyfish are not even sentient though.

[@nobodydummy12345]

Angel should get a Nobel. Great job lady! You are inspiring

[@logsie3918]

She is a doctor and didn't go to hospital ??? We have been treating stings with Vinegar for over 40 year if not longer here in Australia and heat for at least the last 10 years. Thank you for promoting the awareness of how to treat stings National Geographic.

[@BBQuinn626]

She has been around for about that long

[@ABUltra64]

Spongebob better be careful catching these ones 💀

[@liawalker9966]

Living on an island I experienced getting stung by these guys. We already knew the procedure, pour soy sauce and/or vinegar(which we always had for bbqs) and stand in front of the fire for an hour. It was horrible but the quick thinking of my family saved me from extreme pain.

[@bisayangdrayber6813]

i bet ur from philippines

[@hpygolkyone]

So this person they are giving all glory too, didn't crack the code of anything your ancestors didn't already *discover* long before she was given credit for it?!?? Unreal! 🙄

[@luisbretonv]

The level of awareness of this woman is great. And such valuable information. In the traditional knowledge, when a river stingray get you they have to pee on the wound and put a burning hot near it. It works!

[@taylorobrien-ducharme7151]

I had a big box jelly fish wrap around my legs when I was in Okinawa Japan. Can confirm was the most constant pain of my life for 2-3 days my legs swelled up and itched like crazy when they started to heal. Never swam outside the nets at the beach again in Okinawa

[@the_lone_pair]

World needs more scientists like this.

[@Howlingburd19]

I think one of the most… scary things about the box jellyfish is how they’re almost freaking invisible in the water while being the venomous animal on the planet! You can’t see it… until it’s too late O_o

[@joshuaestrada6042]

Oh yeah and also not like other jellyfish they go where they want.... They also have eyes... There's even evidence to suggest that they might even have some intelligence... Yet they lack a brain.... They can even see like us too... If that wasn't creepy enough....

[@Howlingburd19]

@@joshuaestrada6042 yep, that’s correct, and it’s possible that they actually use them despite not having a brain. Box jellyfish are so crazy!!! Luckily we don’t have them in the United States [sigh of relief]

[@grizzlycmmg9578]

@@Howlingburd19 We absolutely DO have Box Jellyfish in the U.S. this lady got hit off the Coast of Oahu Hawaii, we have Box Jellyfish encounter rather frequently in Florida. Exercise Caution and listen to Caution signals or signs issues by local Authority regarding Water Quality, Marine life, Weather, ect.

[@Howlingburd19]

@@grizzlycmmg9578 perhaps I should’ve been more specific. The deadliest species of box jellyfish are “sea wasps”, and we don’t have them in the United States. Sea wasps (luckily for us) live in northern Australia to Southeast Asia. But of course the last sentence couldn’t be anymore correct.

[@Cat-jh8kh]

@@grizzlycmmg9578 you dont have the killer ones in the us g

[@petetling]

thank you doc yanagihara for a very informative and valuable video. i appreciate very much your positivity in dealing with such things. stay safe.

[@cedlem4752]

Love it when people recognize that humans are the ones at fault for incidents with wild animals.

[@teetanner4112]

Great information!! 💜

[@HamburgerMolester]

Don't mess with that lady. She'll dissect you and everyone you know. 😄

[@delianaalan6917]

I can tell she is a verry kind woman, my dad got sting once it was his 3 days of nightmare, after that day he is verry phobia about the ocean and water

[@Fomites]

In northern Australia (where these box jellyfish are) nearly all beaches have emergency vinegar supplied in letterbox-like stands. It's telling that these seem to not be vandalised from my observations.

[@birdflipper]

I went on a deep sea fishing trip in the Atlantic ocean of the coast of NJ and was shocked at how many jelly fish were in the water. I saw hundreds, if not thousands of them during the brief 4 hour excursion. After that, I didn't go swimming in the ocean again for the rest of the vacation!

[@adventurecreations3214]

Angel of box jellies everywhere. You are a hero

[@joannabell9294]

Thank you!

[@i_am_a_freespirit]

Wow this is a good Video...useful to know. But then i don't have ANY desire to go to the Ocean anyhow, so i Will be safe there. Now i love the Mountains and that brings other challenges altogether!

[@mohamedbenchehida3556]

What a wonderful person

[@ihateyoutubehandles]

Love the non bs approach

[@suefalls1600]

Thank you☮️💟

[@whomeverwherever]

Why on earth do they NEED to be so toxic is what I’m wondering.

[@AcademicJaedon]

exactly, you need just something painful enough to repel enemies. Not a whole minefield of toxins waiting to consume you.

[@johnroach9026]

For food. Jellyfish use their toxins to incapacitate prey and stop it from escaping before digestion. Since they have no means of doing active predation, they need to make sure anything that swims in their path is dead from the first sting

[@loue6563]

I have been stung so many times. Not by box jellyfish but others. Once we started our vacation right when the jellyfish had laid there eggs I kept seeing these eggs in a string and wondered what they were a few days later I found out the hard way. As soon as they hatch they can sting. While a few stings were not that bad but I had swam Up to a jetty to look at the fish there I ended up getting into a soup of tiny jellyfish that stung me all over. I got away from them but they were still so many all over me. I was pulling off my bathing suit in the water to try and get them off of it and me. I didn’t care who saw me. I did have my back to the beach but really I was in so much pain it just didn’t mater. My boyfriend wasn’t too happy with me doing so but I just wanted them gone. I got most off me but we had to take a boat back to the mainland where we were staying. It took 3 hours before we got back to our room and I could wash off. I tried put vinegar in them but at that point I think it maybe was just to late to help.

[@ZaZa-oo3dw]

THEY LAY EGGS!!!???? Idk what I thought they did but I never expected them to lay eggs

[@SuperLio333]

Boyfriend sounds lame

[@loue6563]

@@ZaZa-oo3dw yeah they looked like these strings of little attached bubbles. I kept thinking they were some kind of eggs wondering what had laid them. I found out the hard way.

[@loue6563]

@@SuperLio333 yup. Good thing we are no longer together.

[@slcRN1971]

That had to be an awful experience!! When my young daughter was with my ex and his new family, they went to a nearby isle and a tropical storm had hit that area- just a couple of days ago. That storm resulted in Portuguese Man’O Wars (colorful and huge jellyfish) being pushed closer to shore. The lifeguard came running when he heard her screams and pulled the tentacles off (he had gloves on) using a vinegar solution. Then he treated the sting areas with gauze pads, that were soaked in Aldoph’s Meat Tenderizer (at the hospital where she was taken, they continued to treat the stings the same way for two days).

[@yatinvaradkar2151]

What a wise words I entered their world. This human needs to understand.

[@elizabethtorres3491]

OMGosh, vinegar and heat! For something soooo deadly. Thank you my dear woman. You truly are a hero! 😊🐩✌

[@mikedenison121]

Hi, how’re you doing .

[@elizabethtorres3491]

@@mikedenison121 Hello, I'm good. How are you? 😊✌🐩

[@mikedenison121]

@@elizabethtorres3491 Am fine, it’s nice meeting with you Elizabeth, where are you texting from?

[@elizabethtorres3491]

@@mikedenison121 I'm in California. What about you

[@mikedenison121]

@@elizabethtorres3491 Am from Denmark, how is the weather condition over there?

[@ThaBootyBandit]

1:45

[@ahhchoo8488]

Dr. Yanagihara has a beautiful mind.

[@giyono5868]

Great

[@elaine1216]

how smart she was

[@Wordsley]

These Rock!

[@TmTrinidad35968]

We use salt and vinegar solution., then later rinse with warm water. So when going to the beach, we always prepare these , just in case. After first aid, next stop is the ER of the closest hospital. 👍

[@annettehunter9743]

I got stung by a weaver fish in Donegal Ireland. It was horrific pain for a week and I could not put any weight on my foot. I learned after that peeing on the sting site can denature the toxin. Heat treatment. A flask of hot tea would be useful too if available.

[@alex16637]

Wow nice

[@justvisitingterra6459]

WOW , SMART AND ATTRACTIVE. SATT.

[@eriksports]

She is an amazing woman!

[@XXDJOZXX]

I got stung by jellyfish yesterday and because of not doing proper treatment, i was in pain for hours even when i got the treatment an hour or so later. Lesson learned!

[@sethraelthebard5459]

The active ingredient that kills box jellyfish stings is acetic acid. Vinegar contains a 4% solution of acetic acid, though most fermenting fruit solution (wine or spirits) can also contain a lesser solution. Only a 2% solution is required to deactivate the nematocysts (tiny stinging harpoons on the jellyfish's tentacles.) Vinegar happens to be the most widely used and available.

[@user-lz1tc2id8x]

She was born to do this! Sorry for your pain!

[@rmsiq148isstruggling3]

I love how she thinks about the accident.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Well this was pretty interesting

[@kristjankodarin9730]

Nice

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@elaine1216]

how perilous jellyfish are

[@Fomites]

I thought these were only found here in Australia snd South East Asia. I was stung by one in Papua New Guinea. I will never forget it.

[@Eric_Von_Zipper]

The is very helpful to those of us that like to swim in the ocean. I new these were found in Aussie land, but not Hawaii...

[@RobotsSharkTaleAndNIMH2Fan2005]

Box jellyfish is one of the most deadliest jellyfish in the entire world

[@paravecchiavince9685]

It’s one of the most deadly animals in the world.

[@roboslug7582]

In elementary school, they always taught us to take cover under our desk in the event of a box jellyfish attack. Or maybe that was for earthquakes. I don't recall, but I always bring my desk with me when I go surfing, just in case.

[@junioraltamontent.7582]

I saw a surf video where the guys that invented the foil board started with a desk bolted to the bottom of a surfboard lol. "Stepping into Liquid" I think

[@DjWellDressedMan]

I was stung by a jellyfish in Grenada, felt like a hot poker on my back.

[@user-ec6kt2fg7m]

Boy back in high school we were on a beach trip and it was moon viewing week but they say to not go to fish alone. I went to fish still but with teacher and friends. I caught some bass and mackarel but one was box jelly, it was twilight, I not see well and got stung by these stingy bois on the right leg and hands. Scars look cool but hurt so much I think I may not live. After a visit to doctor, it was okay after two weeks.

[@markwienands]

According to my local health instructions when being stung by the Box, use Vinegar as fast as possible for one minute. Absolutely no urine, no scrubbing with sand, no water. You may face legal charges and blamed if you fail to follow the rules trying to save a life. Do your research, and follow local rules.

[@justaguy4real]

1:47 that's provided they know they were stung, unlike many Irukandji stings

[@southernlion1604]

1:44 nice.

[@jfayiii]

She looks like she got stung. Twice.

[@lawliet2263]

@@jfayiii id like to eat that

[@Knack590]

the rise of box jellyfish

[@kellsliving3220]

i never seen one before

[@lionsatmidnight]

What a G, she gets stung by one. Then still wears a jellyfish pin. I’d be scarred of them for life after sustaining stings like that.

[@user-tn3qj4gp3j]

nice 'box'

[@Dennycrane757]

And if you think the ones in Waikiki are bad, you’ve never met their cousins in Australia!

[@airtimedroneguy6449]

That looks painful

[@risperidone8830]

That’s a massive jelly fish

[@palettedecouleurs_]

❤💕

[@chrissnape9537]

How long do you have to apply vinegar and heat ? I know asap.but real numbers

[@rock_it3685]

im guessing the hot water is like a sudo fever

[@raid55]

ok so if you get stung you go to the sauna. Maybe even a cold plunge in between.

[@fromoz9294]

i often heard that peeing on the wound would be the best and quickest way to stop the pain (yea, seriously). i mean, noone on a beach has got some vinegar at hand anyways...

[@danielhartin7680]

Not entirely true. Many beaches in Australia have containers resembling mail boxes which hold large bottles of vinegar just for this purpose.

[@johnroach9026]

Also, a jellyfish sting is an open wound. Peeing on it can lead to infection and get all kinds of unwanted chemicals back in your body

[@fromoz9294]

@@johnroach9026 no dude, pee is absolutely clean from harmfiul bacteria. read it up. it can be used for desinfection etc.

[@McCordy63]

Why is this full episode gone?

[@ryanmarin440]

"Hi, I'm boxxxie annnndddd...."

[@lawrenceadvincula7022]

Here in Philippines when someone hit by jellyfish, we just pour some vinegar or urine into the victim. So it can reduce the heat by the sting of the jellyfish.

[@tahukahanda429]

Izin save video

[@CLAMBAKED]

If you get stung somewhere, just jump into a fire for a second. It worked for me. I just brought all the hair off my body it grew back in no time.

[@alexflowers97]

I just got triggered! Back in the 70s when I was a bikini babe ny family and I went to Bora Bora. We were on a snorkeling trip by boat. The instructor was this tall muscular brown mustache hunk. Auntie was swooning. We were on the edge of a rocky coral and he suddenly had this dead look on his face and said. “Don’t panic but their is a swarm of jellyfish (box I believe) and it’s floating to our direction we have 5 minutes to swim to the boat or we will for sure die painfully!” Suddenly a bunch of fish start facing passing us, some pumping into our torso, I swear I even saw a big sea turtle and dolphin racing in a panic, I look down and it’s like a beautiful crimson blanket. We all swam as fast as Micheal Phelps . They were inches away from our toes it was terrifying. I am so glad we didn’t have grandma or any of the kids with us then. When we got to our boat the whole surface was covered in these beautiful but deadly animals. This planet and life are sure worth saving and living.🌎🌍🌏

[@jrewing1512]

I do not experience a box jellyfish sting. I read they're very dangerousm

[@user-nu1bb5sr1d]

how did the sting happen

[@aaranjackson8654]

I am toying with the idea that irukandgai jellyfish can continually sting over many hours to many days and that they can use the sun to navigate that they mate with something much larger or smaller. like the red back spider and that the face and brain is particularly reactive to irukandgai venom. face can blush the same cells that produce red when blushing are the exact same cells that are effected by irukandgai jellyfish sting. skin deep sensory network of some type I believe once stung by irukandgai %100 of cases should shower straight away in a bucket of vinegar and hot soapy water. an antibiotic that targets skin be used immediately irrespective of lack of evidence of infection or fever. to the irukandgai jellyfish. we could also use flashes of light to persuade irukandgai to swim somewhere else. i do think that irukandgai tentacles are sticky and the pain stops when all the stingers die off.

[@Chimpotty_songhater]

I clicked on a national geographic video accidentally-

[@motocrosspk]

It made her left one bigger than the Right one? 🤔

[@sicks6six]

The Box Jellyfish can kill a human in 3-5 minutes. That's quicker than a Memphis Scorpion.

[@ghost-kl7cw]

It uappend to me I was transported in an ambulance from the beach ....it took me about 3 weeks to get better.

[@ilmiciomalefico]

😶

[@alkasoli4002]

Akshayil National Geographic magazine subscribe cheythirunnu Oru sweater undaayirunnu NG nte

[@mohamadalhamdo9816]

im never going to australia

[@marcconte3275]

That doctors knockers are awesome

[@AriaHarmony]

I have recently turned on notifications for this channel and like every other video shows "this uploader has not made this video available in your country". What's up with this attitude National Geographic? Censorship on knowledge based on location? Really? I find this very upsetting. I suppose it's called national not international geographic for a reason :/

[@garyhost2829]

Pee on it. For real I got hit by one in new Smyrna Beach and that’s what the lifeguards told me to do and it was very painful but definitely didn’t last three days and I had the same Rope looking marks from the tentacles wrap it around my arms

[@sternfan75]

To the doctor at 1.08 in the video, not true. You've never heard of Dr Jaime Seymour? He's dedicated most of his life studying these animals.

[@stagger5863]

Why would anyone think this organism/animal *you* choose too jump in the water too, are after you stay out of the water, it won’t come up too land too get you 😉

[@idiotusmaximus5530]

You were in the right place at the right time Doctor - because you would not be telling us all about how best to treat these jellyfish stings otherwise

[@Hammad-uf5lt]

hi creator i will use this small clip of this video in our video so please don't strike of copyright please 🥺

[@vanesssdavis8971]

Please stay away from around the waters Thank God you heal, swimming pool water more safer for you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼we will never know what's under those waters🙏🏼🙏🏻.

[@HighPriestessAngelique]

Oh my gosh, I grew up getting bit by jellyfish lol. I fell onto a bed of them once and had sun poisoning too. I remember hallucinating from the fever but was never taken for medical help. Use ammonia as soon as you get stung, apple cider vinegar or pee. Lol, yep… urine will neutralize the venom/poison.

[@theMLBfan]

Sure you did

[@Fomites]

The medical advice is to not urinate on the sting area nor rub sand nor salt water.

[@titanic687]

What about opioids?

[@user-yw3go8sk5r]

「ハコクラゲ」ドクター柳原はハコクラゲの第一人者でしょう。　「海のスズメバチ」触手を伸ばし大量の針胞を発射する。ミクロの針は弾丸の様なスピードで皮膚を貫通します。傘の四角には目の働きをす部位が有るが原始的な作りに過ぎない。各部位の中央には複雑な構造の目が有り全方位に回転する。脳が無いのに。　積極的に狩りをするクラゲ。食べなければ小さくなり、刺胞が発射される。解毒剤は有る。

[@alansia8224]

the nemesis of all jellyfish is the sea turtles .. sea turtles eats jellyfish

[@adamneulander]

Dawg kill all jellyfish

[@GaZonk100]

designed by aliens

[@brandonkemper8917]

Have u tried Vicodin?

[@Fnelrbnef]

What a cute woman

[@radinelaj3932]

They're angels , don't kill them pls, you're angel too, the angel love angel

[@PemancingPro]

Hello guysss HOW ARE YOU ??