Oscure Jelly Fish Species Plaguing Navy Divers

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https://breakingdefense.com/2026/01...-tech-vets-to-lead-critical-technology-areas/

Gary Vora is Senior Official for Biomanufacturing, a subfield of biotechnology aimed at replacing traditional chemical engineering with biologically derived enzymes. For the last four years, he was the Navy’s Principal Scientist for Biotechnology. Before that he was deputy head of biomolecular science at the Naval Research Laboratory, publishing papers on topics like an obscure species of jellyfish that had been plaguing Navy divers by releasing microscopic balls of venom into the water.

 

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https://www.wikiwand.com/en/articles/Cassiopea_xamachana

 

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Stinging water has always been a threat, even if only from more common jellyfish that lose bits and pieces.

Imagine being facehuggered by one after diving in.