Enter the DEADLIEST Aquarium in the World... (most venomous fish) ☠️
Everything in this Aquarium can KILL YOU! - Locked behind steel gates in Cairns, Australia, this Venom Lab at James Cook University keeps the world's most venomous aquatic creatures. I took a tour to learn more about these deadly species including: Box Jellyfish, Irukandji, Stone Fish, Cone Snail, Blue Ringed Octopus and Mantis Shrimp.
Richard Fitzpatrick is an Emmy award winning cinematographer and shark researcher!
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Richard works as marine biologist at James Cook University⤵
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"They’re not very smart" Turtle: *Proceeds to bump into a wall*
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda no
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda yeah, how about no.
@@penzer2294 yeah, how about yes.
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda What The Fu-
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda Nah
“Yeah this is the most venomous animal in the world” *proceeds to hold it like a baby*
*like a burger
@Gabriel Ono first day on the internet ?
@Gabriel Ono were you born yesterday?
@Gabriel Ono are you dumb????????
@Gabriel Ono yeah it's definitely your 1st day.
Now this guy deserves respect, he really just casually picked up the most venomous fishes in the world
He's probably been doing that his whole life
You are right but the thing with the most venomous fish is at the spikes on the fish are only venomous which are on top of the fish so if you just grab it from below it can’t do much
But the jellyfish tentacles have venom tho
we aussies are built different
Bro this guy is literally holding the world's most dangerous and is casually explaining how they can kill in 60 seconds. Man's got nerves of steel 🥶
And u didnt even mention how he literally went under the bell to feed it
@@guest1336 oh ye
He looks a bit like my auntie Barbara
“They’re not very smart..” The sea turtle: And for my next trick-
_slams into wall at full speed_
I saw it xD
1:56
Ya
Dum
“It can kill 100% of the cells in 90 seconds” *proceeds to touch it*
Australian. Idk maybe
Timestamp
@@RandomPerson-hd6wr I don’t remember just watch the video
@@RandomPerson-hd6wr did u watch the full video? If so, timestamp?
@@yeetusfeetus713 was he talking about the jellyfish
That fella has contributed a lot to science,history, and the animal kingdom. A lifetime of work for the good ….not many people like this fella
why don't many people like this fella? jk... I know I'm corny✌🤙
Richard is basically a huge uncredited part of our childhoods, especially for nerds like me. Thank you for bringing us these sights. Its really nice to finally see the face behind the camera. Thank you. Truly.
I find it funny how the most venomous animals are held in the most inconspicuous containers like a water cup.
Lmao 😭
Do NOT drink
This is Australia
F O R B I D D E N W I N E
1k like 😂😂
Him: **Casually touches the most venomous animals in the world** Me: Yep he’s Australian.
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda my guy wtf
Lmao
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda already did
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda Now your making me feel horrible. but ill try to.
Fr ik it was in Australia
Mad respect for a guy explaining box jellyfish and touching it. That burning passion is beyond venom.
We have to like that man he literally touched a box jellyfish
This guy reminds me of that one teacher that actually makes you enjoy coming to class
Lmao 😂 Ikr
Lol
LMAO 😂 I know
If ive ever had one- wich i did- in 4th grade-
Lmao yeA
Him: This is the most venomous ANIMAL on the planet. Also him:Touches it.
The most Australian thing I've ever seen.
Do you realize the difference between venemous and poisonous?
@@huddy0880 Oh yeah, the venomous term are generally branded for being injected directly into the body of a victim, while the word 'poisonous' are used for the application of the poisonous substance in a wound or by means of consuming the said substance. Furthermore, there are some animals that possess both abilities. And btw your spelling of venomous makes me cringe.
@@alienwithinternetconnection you snapped 😂
He fed it
Him: Everything here wants to kill me! The sea turtle: 😐
My god the amount of knowledge & impact this man has given to the world must be incredible. Him and his team are unsung heroes of our time.
“Turtle 01” “Turtle 02” “Turtle 03” *Pretty creative if you ask me*
We needed to get a reminder of what he said. very creative
Hey that rhymes
@Odaliz Orozco-Rueda No
Yes
@@deansammur5327 mhm yass
Mad respect to this guy for his contributions to medicine, science, and media.
What the actual fuck is this profile pic
@@La_Foi I was just about to ask the same damn thing
@@La_Foi it's a pentacle with numbers duh
Its a demon summoner :)
Looool yknow everyone always be talking shit bout demons saying they evil but some of my best friends are demons, they just misunderstood.
Also important to know that the application of vinegar upon the stung area does NOTHING for the pain of a Box jelly sting. The stinging cells known as nematacysts's even after detaches from the animal itself, can deliver secondary stings as the detached tentacles can continue to fire off. Hence the use of the vinegar, all it does is neutralise the nematacysts rendering them unable to deliver any more stings in order to remove tentacle fragments safely from the stung limb/area.
Damn
what about piss?
@@samoak123 It really doesn't do anything, certainly not for the pain. But something in everyday household vinegar neutralizes the stunning cells, to prevent them from both firing off secondary stings & to render them virtually harmless so any tentacles still clinging to flesh can be removed, that's it. Vinegar does nothing for the pain. Ben Cropp a famous Australian marine biologist/photographer has a fascination with Chironex flekeri & tested piss among other known remedies & it did nothing for the pain either. I have heard that piss is supposed to be good for less harmful marine stingers, like blue bottles etc.
Juvenile blue bottles and normal jellyfish, vinegar and urine helps stop the new pulses of pain and can, sometimes, wash it out. The original pain keeps hurting like mad but anything is good when you’re in pain.
Several years ago, I stepped on a stonefish during holidays. It felt as if receiving a massive thunder bolt shock, I have been stabbed by jellyfish many times before and this is uncomparable. The jellyfish are like slow but intense burning sensation, while the stonefish hit me so hard that I couldn't even go out of water. Hopefully I was with a friend and when he heard me yell and he saw me almost drowning because of the pain, he helped me get out of the water. In just a few minutes, I was sweating hard, I had a hot fever and my foot swelled to twice its size. Once we reached the sand of the beach, he brought me to the closest lifeguard. I lost consciousness a bit later, and I woke up the next day in an hospital room. My friend explained me what happened when I was out, and he told me that the lifeguard saved my life. He wasn't sure what happened to me he just knew that I have been hit by smthg in the right foot, stonefish are extremely rare so he thought it was a jellyfish (pretty common here), but he still checked my foot and did all the necessary steps in case it wasn't a jellyfish. He cut a big chunk of flesh on the palm of my foot where I got it because if it really was a stonefish, he wasn't sure if I the needle was still inside or not. After that, he gave me painkillers, different antivenin for the most probable animals that could have poisoned me and brought me to the closest hospital. This was the worse thing I have ever experienced, and since then I always wear plastic shoes when swimming. I also developed a paranoid fear of deep water, even tho I always loved scuba diving, since this happened I never went to far and I always check where I put my feet on the sand when going back. Before the end of my holiday (I spent a whole week at the hospital), I invited the lifeguard that saved me to a pub and we drank until the next morning. After that, we became friend (I learned he was working here for summer but he came from a place next to where I lived) and even until now we are still in contact. He even invited me at his marriage, and I always told him that I had a debt for what he did and as the doctor said if he didn't act so quickly and he didn't took the right decisions, I would have been dead. In fact, giving my age at the time it happened it was already a miracle I could survive this. (sry for the bad English, it's not my native language)
Glad you’re ok amazing story ✨💪🏾
Crazy, I was stung a few times by jellyfish and I’m very sensitive to pain, it was terrible and ended up with welts everywhere I was stung. Can’t imagine how bad that would be.
"This is the most venomous animal in the world" *Proceeds to touch it barehand* The balls man, the balls
It’s not poisonous that’s why
@@Oysterwaffle genius 100
I think that the danger is in the tentacles
@@thegalaxygirl3753 yeas it is But still, it can be so unpredictable, I wouldn't risk putting my barehand anywhere in that tank haha
Idk if u painted your picture but it's insanely beautiful
Imagine going to a funeral and hearing “ they were killed by a snail “
That would be sad. In 2 ways
For some reason it reminded me of the 19yr old who was dared by his friends to eat a slug and died from it
@@baileyspeltbeefy1768 .-. Well if someone called me and told me that my friend was killed bc of that I would laugh bc I would think that it was a joke
@@alejandrosalcedoromero8699 I don’t blame you! I thought it was a fake story the first time I heard it
Your friends will never go outside again after hearing that you were killed by a slug
Fascinating, thank you. About 40 years ago I saw a Blue Ringed Octopus in a rock pool at Cronulla, a coastal suburb just south of Sydney. I thought, "What a cool looking critter, brilliant colors, kinda cute & small." I'm glad something told me not to handle it, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this.
Handling it isn't a guarantee to be bitten but yeah, if you were, you wouldn't be here. One problem is that their bite is so painless that you might not notice, and just suddenly collapse a few minutes later, as the venom paralyzes you. There's no antivenom. Survival is only by treating the symptoms...
Remember one rule, in nature more colorful it is more Danger it is
@@clementong6332 Nup. It just lived there & didn't pay rent. It was its habitat.
Friend of mine back in 2010 bought a blue ring octopus from a local shop, he didn’t even know what it was.
"if he leaps out while I'm gone just grab him behind the neck" I. fucking. died.
100th like
The Jellyfish team did it “spongebob and Patrick comes out”
Lol
Lmao
I died while reading this comment lol
I was looking for this comment😂
I thought steve irwin was brave for handling all those snakes and crocodiles but i see now that that's just how austrailians are
Richard is an awesome human... the work he has done and continues to do... amazing. 💜
*"on an American scale probably 9 in a half."* THAT caught me off guard. Lmao
Said by a guy who has arms like Olive Oyl.
This isn’t in ur recommended is it?
😂
9 AND a half! 'in a half'........ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Justafeller is that an insult? Idk what Olive Oyl is lol
Him: Everything here wants to kill me Also him: PROCEEDS TO TOUCH EVERYTHING
He’s just australian, it’s just what they do
For the jellyfish, it’s safe to touch most by the bell
@@ilikethoseodds.4066 same
I’ve touched a jellyfish before
It was a moon jelly
Mad respect for Richard. He seems like an amazing person to learn from.
Richard your a great guy. You definitely made this video. Hats off to you and the rest of your facility. Thank you for the education and entertainment. Keep up the great work CoralFish
“This is the deadliest creature in the world” *proceeds to hold it like a ball*
He's touching it because he knows how to handle deadly fish....
@@aidenplaysyt2613 i am going to hold fire because i know how to hold very hot gases/substances
hahahaha
@@nov_icee lol
hes holding the head so its safe probobly
Imagine when they jellyfish goes back into the ocean and tells everyone what he went through. “Harold, I told you a million times, I don’t wanna talk about it. He... Kept touching my head and I felt violated. And he put one of those big swimming rocks in a water bowl next to me. They were trying to kill me, Harold!”
I imagine zefrank just narrating this.
@@unparalleledinnocence I may feel stupid, but who is that?
@Logan Bryan thank you!
@@SophisticatedPickle look up true facts by zefrank on yt
Not only was that very cringe worthy to read but jellyfishes don’t have brains
I know this is a year old video. But that mangrove pond was absolutely badass! I can't imagine the building and upkeep for that very awesome enclosure!
Can proudly say i have visited this aquarium a few years ago for a school trip. There is a lot more here that isnt shown. Honestly an amazing place to see
Australians are living on another plane of existence. The power this man emanates is palpable.
I’m Australian do I know a lot about the countries dangerous animals
@@zackplayz7333 That's incredible
@@user-dv7hq2rh4g righttt?
Alot of these fish live in Japan as well. I spent 3 years in Okinawa and the military briefed all new comers about the dangers in the water. The beaches by hotels all had designated swimming areas with nets to keep out the dangerous sea life. You see that in the Caribbean as well, I figured it was to keep people safe from boats and jet skis going past.
Most of us have pretty solid knowledge about the environments and ecosystems in our country
"On an American scale, probably a 9 and a half" Me: OH SHI*
Funny cuz true
More panic that it was poisonous than anything.
I am freaking out that he's just touching it and explaining, not freaking out, nothing... just pure education and respect... omg I can't even
honestly, after hearing Richard talk about the box jellyfish and roughly how the blighter works.. i'm super keen to learn more about them.
Rest of the world: Beware - worlds most venomous animals Australia: Petting zoo & children’s aquarium
This made me giggle lol. We gotta love our Aussies ❤️
Me being a Aussie Be like ...
On god😂😂😂
Best thing I've heard in quarantine
Underated comment
Imagine there was a flood and all the animals just escaped
Would die since it’s freshwater and most are saltwater
@@bluedrink5928 the possibility comes from tsunami. But well, people will care not about them if tsunami occues 🏊♂️🏄♂️
@@bluedrink5928 what about the jellyfish
@@clarisse_anne_maglente9644 saltwater also
@@stanleymaximillian8403 true
This by far is my favorite video from the channel. This guy is a true badass and you can tell he genuinely loves his work and these animals. We need to see more of him and another video of this place! A re-your I’d say haha 🙌🏼
Thank you for the wonderful documents and videos and thank you for all the research you and your team have done and are doing very important work.
You can tell Richard reallly loves what he does and has a great passion for it.
Correction: nothing here wants to kill you, they just can. They aren’t malicious and you aren’t prey. Edit: I’d also like to say that this type of characterization, that these animals want to kill you, can actually hurt conservation efforts. This can be seen as an effect from the jaws movie. People started hunting sharks to keep people safe even though they didn’t even need to.
Bruh
@@setsers1 hurb
Shame that an intelligent coherent comment like yours, has received like 150 likes, while comments written by, and intended for dipshits, have 1.5k.
@@dinkidavis shut up brian
@@dinkidavis shut up Brian
This place is amazing! My daughter is a marine biologist in Australia and studies coral and other creatures. I would love to see more videos on these.
This video was beyond entertaining and awesome. I smiled almost the whole time while learning more retainable info in one video than I think I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch. Thanks guys! Semper Fi
“On an American scale a 9.5” LMFAOO that was funny
AHAHAHAAA
Haha! It really was
That's the true scale
I am an American
LMAOO
Most Venomous Animal: Box Jellyfish Most Toxic Animal: My Ex-Girlfriend
Bruh💀
Kazuya is this you
Your ex girlfriend and my best friends ex girlfriend have to be the same person
Hahahahah 😂😂😂
The most venomous animal box jellyfish most toxic human my ex girlfriend you mean
That guy, the tour guide, is an absolute legend!!
Had to be Australia of course... this guy is amazing! He seriously deserves some kind of medal for his contributions.
He: This can kill you in about 60-90 seconds Also he: look I'm gonna touch it because I have no fear to dead
Not fear but knowledge
It's gonna be pain full
Correction, kill all the cells in the area of the stink in 60-90 seconds.
He's touching it because he knows how to handle deadly fish....
It’s because the head doesn’t really sting you like the tentacles do
“This will can an adult man” *sticks hand in tank.*
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@@blossomxxox8404 What is it?
What is it
@@sabianarmy8460 it's cute
@@justayarichanbclubfan9615 tysm
Richard is the man, my goodness what a legend
I was here once since someone I know is friends with Jamie, he was very fun to be around and i got even feed a barramundi that just about ate my hand.
Single lock “why so much security.”
The other form of security is the animals themselves. One wrong touch and you’re gone
@@FlyLeah you’re right 🤣
I wonder if fish can walk out the gate
This owner has some guts he’s putting his hand into the most venomous being in the world and what did i not expect it’s Australia HES AN AUSSIE LEGEND MATE
Mate
The bell of the box jellyfish is safe to touch that’s why
I’m more mad the nat geo has been faking their faking footage.
Gotta love his enthusiasm… reminds me of Steve Erwin with how he looks at wild life and isent scared too touch even when they are the deadliest things in the water.
Thank you for everything you post bro..I have learned more about fish today than all the years at school ... just keep okay
“Dude he’s going to eat your go-pro” -famous last words
A
what it makez sense but not right
@@Drop0Dead0Briana A
So funy
😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
“Deadliest aquarium in the world” Box jellyfish: nah Sharks: nah Stonefish: nah Sees mantis shrimp: OH SHIT!!
Bot
@@glitchgames2123 no u
Mantis shrimp actually wont attack if they know they are cared for when handled
It’s a compilate
Sharks are actually one of the least deadliest animals in the ocean
I love the small memes he places during the video, I especially loved the part where he says the jelly fish team and SpongeBob and Patrick appear jellyfishing lol
I used to watch 72 dangerous animals: Australia all the time but it was unfortunately removed from Netflix in my country but this video is going over all my favourite animals from that show. Thank you!
North America: we have the most venomous spider Australia: No, no I don't think so
Spiders suck
Za
@@fireking5221 not really when you have tons of insects infestations in your house and especially with mosquitos you will be happy to own spiders because they eat mosquitos. spiders are your best friend if youre heavily bothered by zooming blood sucking mosquitos.
@@fireking5221 spider? WTF SPIDARMEN
@@bruhgimmememes Spider-Man’s not a spider
"This is the most venomous fish in the world" Plays with it
The stone fish? At least he was touching it on the sides or picked it up from the bottom where it won't stab him
Wow man, this was super dope. Awesome stuff man
This was a great video! Richard is a legend!
“This is a tasselled wobbegong” -still what is that? 😂 “Oh I didn’t, the jellyfish team did” 💀 I’m dead man
I collapsed when I saw the word wobbegong
“Pretending” cyote Peterson.. Hell Nah, that man's just crazy and will let anything sting him 😂
I think he was just joking with the Coyote Peterson reference.
@@brandonfleming7118 yeah lol
He maybe joking
They were talking about the box jellyfish, if you actually got stung by one of them then you're playing with your life for real
@@bread_dawg defo
Wow !! Thank you for the experience and the knowledge
Good stuff!!i really enjoy,thanks a lot!!
This makes A LOT MORE SENSE.. when I wonder how they get some of the shots “in the wild” that they get on discovery channel etc.. it’s STAGED! (Well some of it)
Well coyote forces the insect to sting him so It is not really faking you can see the sting pierce his skin
Depends on the situation
Its not very hard to film things like this in the wild things are very rarely staged
Peterson actually does get stung with venom, and you can tell that because of the involuntary reactions that occur, such as inflammation, chest pain, drooling, and muscle convulsion.
@@firtreeman8918 Yeah coyote Peterson doesn't fake stuff
Bro this is the most fun learning session I’ve ever had I would quit school to come work with this guy it just seems awesome to learn from him I hope he has a nice life down there in Australia
I finally got around to watching this video and this is one of the first ones to keep me entertained. This guy was so wholesome
You'd probably need to enroll at James Cook Uni
you would probarbly come home a better man working with him for the rest of school rather than finishing school imagine coming out with them a year at sea shooting sharks !
@@Demidar No you'd be a better man finishing school *then* working for him. Horrible advice lol
@@snakeoo7ca nonono bro, its Nice not to be able to spell or do your abcs
If scientists bring back dinosaurs, I want Australians to handle them.
This guy is awesome. Would've gladly watched an entire hour of this
Crocodile”tries to eat food” humans”he’s a fistly little bugga “
Being an Aussie and watching this was so lit. It just confirms how crazy aussie animals are, like the man literally picks up a stonefish and just has a saltwater crocodile chillin
I can agree with that.
or grabs the box j fish and shows where its eyes are 😂
Love your editing..👍 And enjoy your videos 😊
What an absolutely badass place! I was always interested in venomous creatures, coming here is on my footlist!
Richard: We keep the security high because there is many ways to die George: **chuckles** im in danger
i just love hownhe casually says "its the most venomous animal in the world" then proceeds to touch it.
Just crazy bro! Great content!!!!
I'm getting goosebumps just by watching that jelly fish , and that man is touching it
Touching a box jellyfish, damn, thats dangerous, he is a professional.
The head dont sting, when i see them i crush the head to kill them
@@Nickerian91 yes but the stingers can move so its very dangerous, especially if it can kill you in less that 90 seconds.
@@void717 belive me i got stung by the big one and the small one they have in the bottles. They are horrible and they hunt you. If you see them they stop moving and sink down to the bottom trying to hide. The stingers does not move as much as they flow after the head movement so if you are infront you can easy grab it. I do compressor diving at night for a living :p im very used to jellyfish. Also im a bit skeptical about the 90 sec it does sting like hell once u get hit and if it has any size to it it gives you nasty scars and the flesh looks like it have melted away in that area. But if you manage to get vinegar on it within a few min you wont even get a scar it takes a lil while for it to actually show any tissue damage. Many i know have several dec long scars. Death i know can happen but im sure it takes a bit longer. The "tentacles" stick to everything and the jellyfish let them go so once u move it new needles get shoot into your skin. Therefore once stung people usually rub their body with sand and put venigar.
@@Nickerian91 I think the difference is in the amount injected. So a rattlesnake probably injects a lot more venom and is thus more deadly, even though per ml the jellyfish is more toxic.
@@aina3387 precisely. When they say "more venomous" they mean that it requires a lower dose to be lethal. Rattlers inject visible amounts of venom. A box jellyfish injects microscopic amounts.
"Yeah whenever you see thoughts guys on a documentary stinging themselves it's fake" Coyote peterson: 😥
Fo grab a wasp and hold it to your arm, see if it stings you for real or not. He's never done a jellyfish
Ya and jellyfish just sting whatever touches them the don't have a choice
I mean in his videos you can SEE the insects sting his arm so idk what that was about
@@saintmace9183 I think it was a joke I’m not sure though
I’m pretty sure he was only talking about the box jellyfish specifically. Like he said most jellyfish don’t have eyes so they wouldn’t have a way to differentiate but these ones do and they apparently get stressed around people and I assume they actually don’t want to sting us because they can’t eat us and they’re too venomous for most species to eat them so their stinging cells would be pretty pointless even if they could kill us there’d be no benefit for them
This is incredible. This man and the team are legends. 👏❤️
Cheers to this guy. I have huge respect for what he does.
5:00 "No, they're just pretending." Coyote Peterson: "AM I A JOKE, TO YOU?" 😂
Yeah he is😉😅
@@Trolden01 Believe me: he wasn't. He even got bitten by a giant desert centipede and man, that must have hurt so much. xD
@@Trolden01 he isn't fake
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 5:00 MADE ME LAUGHHHHHHHHHHH
GAAAAAAAAAA GAAAAA GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It's crazy that I subscribed when you were doing videos about ur tanks in the college dorm, and now you're doing full blown reporter documentaries. Very entertaining, very high quality! Cheers!
Outstanding behind the scenes vid. Probably the best I've seen
this guy was such a sound geezer great interview/tour
This guy has my full respect for wearing a Star Wars shirt
Good also a star wars fan
May the 4th be with you
Not gonna lie he's almost looks like george lucas
Almost like nobody wears em right
Ok
Bruh my heart dropped when the salt water croc started attacking the camera
This was so interesting. I'm going to explore this channel today.
6:44 Love how when he said "Everything in this place wants to...kill me" Richard suddenly walked in behind him and he turns his head super fast to look at him.
666k just so happens to be when he goes to a deadly aquarium.
Coincidence?.. I THINK NOT!!
Yup the conspiracy grows
🤣 lfmao
999
Bro Ik !!!
I’m so glad you made this video, it was extremely interesting. The dude who worked there is legit a demigod for handling all of these so nonchalantly
Awesome show!! I love learning so much important information thank you!! Also I had no idea they do much filming at that place. I’m also surprised by how much medical research and advancements are made from such animals. Thank you for sharing 🙏
👍 who knew Box J had eyes
First time seeing a video from your channel, and it turns out to be one of my favorite videos I've watched in a while