Why and how do Jellyfish sting?

<p><strong>#096</strong></p><p>What's the chemistry of a jellyfish sting? Why do they feel so different from other stings? And what can we even do when we get stung? And what about the popular urine theory, does that help anything? Let's find out!</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20305955/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20305955/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-behind-that-jellyfish-sting-2844876/">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/whats-behind-that-jellyfish-sting-2844876/</a></li> <li><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.950170411">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bies.95017041</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640396/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3640396/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2017/should-you-pee-on-a-jellyfish-sting.html">https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/reactions/videos/2017/should-you-pee-on-a-jellyfish-sting.html</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00277">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00277</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2020/acs-presspac-june-10-2020/what-makes-a-giant-jellyfishs-sting-deadly.html">https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2020/acs-presspac-june-10-2020/what-makes-a-giant-jellyfishs-sting-deadly.html</a><p></p> </li> </ol><p><br></p><p><br>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/chemforyourlife">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chemforyourlife">Twitter</a>, and <a href