Nationality Australian Role Professor Name Jamie Seymour | ||
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Known for Studying venom biology, especially the box jellyfish. | ||
Institution James Cook University | ||
Milking the world's most venomous fish
Jamie Seymour is an Australian toxinologist. He is a professor at James Cook University in Cairns, Australia.
Contents
- Milking the worlds most venomous fish
- Australias Most Poisonous Snakes Worlds Worst Venom Spark
- Appearances on television
- References
He has been involved in programs designed to decrease the envenoming of humans by jellyfish, in Australia, East Timor, Thailand, and Hawaii.
Seymour's work has also led to changes in the treatment protocols for jellyfish stings in Australia.
Australia's Most Poisonous Snakes | World's Worst Venom | Spark
Appearances on television
Seymour has appeared in a number of documentary television programs, such as the following:
As shown in the 2005 Discovery Channel documentary Killer Jellyfish, Jamie was stung by an Irukandji jellyfish and was hospitalised. Unlike some victims, he suffered for only about fifty hours. Jamie Seymour also made an appearance in "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin.
References
Jamie Seymour Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA