Pacific Coast Jellyfish
Jellyfish use their dangling tentacles, equipped with hollow, harpoonlike darts loaded with neurotoxins, to sting fish, shrimp, or crabs. The strike leaves its victim stunned for easier consumption. Humans can also receive a painful sting from these toxic tentacles, even those belonging to beached or dead jellyfish. In the case of a few species, like Australia’s notorious box jellyfish, stings can be fatal.
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Jellyfish use their dangling tentacles, equipped with hollow, harpoonlike darts loaded with neurotoxins, to sting fish, shrimp, or crabs. The strike leaves its victim stunned for easier consumption. Humans can also receive a painful sting from these toxic tentacles, even those belonging to beached or dead jellyfish. In the case of a few species, like Australia’s notorious box jellyfish, stings can be fatal.
(source:google/http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/)
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