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Milking venom from Australia's deadly marine animals / 34R3424
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Jamie Seymour felt like an elephant was sitting on his chest. He couldn't breathe and a sense of impending doom came over him. Seymour had just been stung by a tiny Irukandji jellyfish.
While he didn't die, the James Cook University toxicology professor says anyone pricked by an Irukandji will wish they had. He should know -- he's been stung 11 times. Seymour's job is riskier than most: milking sea creatures of their venom to create life-saving anti-venoms. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES
