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Teenager dies after box jellyfish sting at Queensland beach

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Box jellyfish are the most venomous marine animal in the world. A 14-year-old boy who was stung over the weekend near Mackay is the second person to die from a sting in Queensland in 16 years. — Box jellyfish are the most venomous marine animal in the world. Mark Angelo Ligmayo, a 14-year-old boy who was stung over the weekend near Mackay, is the second person to die from a sting in Queensland in 16 years. Photograph: Melanie Stetson Freeman/Christian Science Monitor/Getty Images

A 14-year-old boy has died after being stung by a box jellyfish in Queensland.

Mark Angelo Ligmayo was at Eimeo beach, just north of Mackay, with his family on Saturday. His father, Nick Guinumtad, told the Courier Mail that his son had been standing in waist-high water for about 10 minutes when he came running out on to the beach, entwined in more than 2 metres of box jellyfish tentacles.

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