That depends entirely on the species of jellyfish. For instance, there are jellyfish that live in the waters around cape cod that are completely clear, without tentacles (they light up at night, it’s pretty cool) that are not at all dangerous to humans. In fact, when I was younger, my cousins and I used to […]
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That depends entirely on the species of jellyfish. For instance, there are jellyfish that live in the waters around cape cod that are completely clear, without tentacles (they light up at night, it’s pretty cool) that are not at all dangerous to humans. In fact, when I was younger, my cousins and I used to pick them up with our bare hands and fill buckets with them. However, there is also a more colorful species that live around that area that do sting. Still, even those will usually only cause an mild sting and slight rash. Then there are more dangerous species, such as the manowar, which floats on top of the water and has very long tentacles reaching down below the surface. These can be extremely dangerous and even deadly. My suggestion is to stay away. There other species that you should not touch at all.
This said, if you know what kind of jellyfish you’re dealing with you’ll have a better chance of finding out how to handle it. The best thing you can do if you don’t know what kind you’re dealing with is not to touch it at all and use a net or a bucket to get it out of the water.
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