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Jelly fish are slow-moving weak animals that use stinging tentacles as a way to capture their prey. The tentacles are covered with stinging cells called nematocysts that carry venom. These tentacles detach from the jellyfish and easily latch on to skin or clothing and the venom is discharged. In the case of a human that has been stung, the jellyfish has gotten a little ahead of itself and attempted to capture what it viewed as prey, but was way bigger than the jellyfish itself. Jellyfish stings can differ in severity. It often depends on the type of jellyfish and how much of the skin touched the venom. Milder symptoms include pain and red marks at the sting site, usually a rash. Up to rare systemic illnesses requiring hospitalization for life-threatening symptoms.
