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The box jellyfish, also called the sea wasp, is full of toxin. Each of its tentacles has 5,000 sting cells with enough poison to kill 60 people! In this book, young readers will discover what makes the box jellyfish a terror of the seas.
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Colleen Sexton
Colleen Sexton is an author and editor who has lived in the Twin Cities area most of her life. She has written more than 100 nonfiction books for kids on topics ranging from the weather to space to animals. As a children's book editor, she developed geography books about the United States, as well as countries and cultures around the world.
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