This Is What Technically Happens When A Jellyfish Stings You. Yikes.

If youve previously been stung by a jellyfish or seen the appearance on someones face after theyve gotten to near the free-floating water animals, youre well aware of how much it hurts. Its not to challenging find out. Something thats a great deal more difficult to comprehend is the way the gelatinous beings can be the sources of these types of pain. Some individuals believe that there was some kind of electricity (or some dark secret, possibly) involved.

Really, because turns out, getting stung by a jellyfish involves becoming pricked by tiny, venomous organelles labeled as nemacysts. If those words alone arent adequate to make the tresses on your neck operate, seeing them for action likely are.

See this microscopic footage of a jellyfish sting that was shot with a high-speed digital camera. Its really pretty cool to see, as long as you do not have intends to go right to the beach in the future.

(via It”s Ok Becoming Smart, H/T io9)

If you believed that was bad, imagine getting stung by one of these jellyfish.

The 5 Deadliest Jellyfish worldwide

(via Planet Deadly)

Hm, i believe Ill stick to the pool throughout the summertime. In fact, I might besides play it safe and get away from water altogether. Does massaging hand sanitizer throughout your body matter as a shower?

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