Tuesday, May 20, 2008
My Original Idea
What if that jellyfish couldn't sting you? Would we still have jellyfish today or would they be gone! Jellyfish usually catch their prey with there tentacles and if they didn't have tentacles to sting with and to catch their prey with they wouldn't be able to eat and maybe not even survive without their tentacles. They would have no food and maybe even be food to other animals if they couldn't sting. People might even eat them if they didn't sting. If they didn't sting they would get washed up on shore and people would kill them because they wouldn't be able to defend themselves. I think without their tentacles they would die.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Treatment to Jellyfish Stings
These tips are for when a jellyfish stings you and the tentacles get stuck to your skin.
- Rinse the tentacles off with salt water. Don't you fresh water, it will make the sting pain worse.
- Remove any remaining tentacles with gloves or tweezers.
- Watch for a severe allergic reaction, these reactions come from the poison on the tentacles.
- Use vinegar to neutralize the toxic sting.
Some tips not to use.
1. Some people use urine to relieve the pain, it does but it doesn't neutralize the venom. Always use vinegar.
2. The most deadly jellyfish is the box jellyfish from Australia. Use vinegar definitely for this species.
In the picture here, you can still see the tentacle marks from the jellyfish sting.
Friday, May 2, 2008
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