Talk:Irukandji syndrome

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[edit] Darwain Award

Dr. Barnes recieved an Honorable Mention Darwain Award in 1997 (full text) due to his unconventional research techniques while discovering the Irukandji jellyfish. Is this possibly worth mentioning in the article?

according to that webpage the son was 14. I'll try to discover the true age and update the page. --Soyweiser 09:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Damn, couldn't find the original article. I give up. I don't think that such an old article is available online. --Soyweiser 09:22, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

In the context of Darwin Awards, son's age is irrelevant: by jeopardizing his son, Barnes attempted to stop spread of his genes, regardless son's age. `'Míkka 16:53, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposal to Merge Article with Irukandji Jellyfish

At present the article on Irukandji Jellyfish seems to encompass TWO seperate and distinct genus .. and they are NOT both equally responsible for Irukandji syndrome.

On these grounds a merger would not seem appropriate at present. Perhaps, instead, this article should be left to stand .. and the existing Irukandji jellfish divided into seperate articles with binomial species naming. Bruceanthro (talk) 05:22, 1 June 2008 (UTC)