Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago
No wonder jellyfish stings can hurt so much.
Check out my Patreon: patreon.com/theoctopuslady
And my other videos:
✩This Eel has the Ability to Bite You TWICE: youtube.com/watch?v=8LG8yS1gRmA
✩What Does This "Crab" Have To Do With the Covid Vaccine?: youtube.com/watch?v=9UXB9BhLHuM
✩Barnacles Have the Biggest D!cks in the Ocean: youtube.com/watch?v=cP7y01zlpsk
✩3 Ways Seahorses are Like British Aristocracy From, idk, the 1800s (& 1 Way They're Definitely Not): youtube.com/watch?v=MneR6hTm-YI
✩Where Did the Fishman From "The Shape of Water" Actually Come From? Marine Biologist Reacts!: youtube.com/watch?v=tY_fZFURqSQ
Photo manipulations, creative consultant, digital art, and thumbnail by Friscoborn.
Line art for Artist's Rendition of My Creative Consultant by Bryan Mann, shading and photo manipulation by Shea Breslin
Wet Riffs Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Video Sources:
Ghostly critters from the deep sea: Stygiomedusa gigantea: youtube.com/watch?v=sszjsGGJzkk An extraordinary deep-sea sighting:
An extraordinary deep-sea sighting: The giant phantom jelly: youtube.com/watch?v=9bzQYKm3xTA
Other Sources:
Rupart, E.E., Fox, R.S., Barnes, R.D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach. Brooks/Cole.
Zapata, F., Goetz, F. E., Smith, S. A., Howison, M., Siebert, S., Church, S. H., … Cartwright, P. (2015). Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0139068. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139068
Liu, Y., Shao, T., Zhang, H., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Chen, C., … Xue, J. (2017). A new scyphozoan from the Cambrian Fortunian Stage of South China. Palaeontology, 60(4), 511–518. doi:10.1111/pala.12306
Hamilton, G. The secret lives of jellyfish. Nature 531, 432–434 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/531432a nature.com/articles/531432a
Holstein, T., & Tardent, P. (1984). An ultrahigh-speed analysis of exocytosis: nematocyst discharge. Science, 223(4638), 830–833. doi:10.1126/science.6695186
britannica.com/animal/lions-mane-jellyfish
Benfield, M. C., & Graham, W. M. (2010). In situ observations of Stygiomedusa gigantea in the Gulf of Mexico with a review of its global distribution and habitat. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 90(06), 1079–1093. doi:10.1017/s0025315410000536
mbari.org/products/creature-feature/giant-phantom-jelly
Drazen, J. C., & Robison, B. H. (2004). Direct observations of the association between a deep-sea fish and a giant scyphomedusa. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 37(3), 209–214. doi:10.1080/10236240400006190
Piraino, S., De Vito, D., Schmich, J., Bouillon, J., & Boero, F. (2004). Reverse development in Cnidaria. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82(11), 1748–1754. doi:10.1139/z04-174
Piraino, S., Boero, F., Aeschbach, B., & Schmid, V. (1996). Reversing the Life Cycle: Medusae Transforming into Polyps and Cell Transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). The Biological Bulletin, 190(3), 302–312. doi:10.2307/1543022
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17821-jellyfish-stings
mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/jellyfish-stings/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20353290
No wonder jellyfish stings can hurt so much.
Check out my Patreon: patreon.com/theoctopuslady
And my other videos:
✩This Eel has the Ability to Bite You TWICE: youtube.com/watch?v=8LG8yS1gRmA
✩What Does This "Crab" Have To Do With the Covid Vaccine?: youtube.com/watch?v=9UXB9BhLHuM
✩Barnacles Have the Biggest D!cks in the Ocean: youtube.com/watch?v=cP7y01zlpsk
✩3 Ways Seahorses are Like British Aristocracy From, idk, the 1800s (& 1 Way They're Definitely Not): youtube.com/watch?v=MneR6hTm-YI
✩Where Did the Fishman From "The Shape of Water" Actually Come From? Marine Biologist Reacts!: youtube.com/watch?v=tY_fZFURqSQ
Photo manipulations, creative consultant, digital art, and thumbnail by Friscoborn.
Line art for Artist's Rendition of My Creative Consultant by Bryan Mann, shading and photo manipulation by Shea Breslin
Wet Riffs Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Video Sources:
Ghostly critters from the deep sea: Stygiomedusa gigantea: youtube.com/watch?v=sszjsGGJzkk An extraordinary deep-sea sighting:
An extraordinary deep-sea sighting: The giant phantom jelly: youtube.com/watch?v=9bzQYKm3xTA
Other Sources:
Rupart, E.E., Fox, R.S., Barnes, R.D. (2004). Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional Evolutionary Approach. Brooks/Cole.
Zapata, F., Goetz, F. E., Smith, S. A., Howison, M., Siebert, S., Church, S. H., … Cartwright, P. (2015). Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria. PLOS ONE, 10(10), e0139068. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139068
Liu, Y., Shao, T., Zhang, H., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., Chen, C., … Xue, J. (2017). A new scyphozoan from the Cambrian Fortunian Stage of South China. Palaeontology, 60(4), 511–518. doi:10.1111/pala.12306
Hamilton, G. The secret lives of jellyfish. Nature 531, 432–434 (2016). doi.org/10.1038/531432a nature.com/articles/531432a
Holstein, T., & Tardent, P. (1984). An ultrahigh-speed analysis of exocytosis: nematocyst discharge. Science, 223(4638), 830–833. doi:10.1126/science.6695186
britannica.com/animal/lions-mane-jellyfish
Benfield, M. C., & Graham, W. M. (2010). In situ observations of Stygiomedusa gigantea in the Gulf of Mexico with a review of its global distribution and habitat. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 90(06), 1079–1093. doi:10.1017/s0025315410000536
mbari.org/products/creature-feature/giant-phantom-jelly
Drazen, J. C., & Robison, B. H. (2004). Direct observations of the association between a deep-sea fish and a giant scyphomedusa. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 37(3), 209–214. doi:10.1080/10236240400006190
Piraino, S., De Vito, D., Schmich, J., Bouillon, J., & Boero, F. (2004). Reverse development in Cnidaria. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 82(11), 1748–1754. doi:10.1139/z04-174
Piraino, S., Boero, F., Aeschbach, B., & Schmid, V. (1996). Reversing the Life Cycle: Medusae Transforming into Polyps and Cell Transdifferentiation in Turritopsis nutricula (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). The Biological Bulletin, 190(3), 302–312. doi:10.2307/1543022
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17821-jellyfish-stings
mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/jellyfish-stings/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20353290
