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Question
Give scientific reasons.
Our body irritates if it comes in contact with jelly fish.
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Solution
- Jellyfish are a coelenterate that has cnidoblasts bearing tentacles.
- These cnidoblasts inject toxins to paralyse the prey at the time of feeding.
- When jellyfish come in contact with our bodies, this toxin is released, causing a reaction to our skin.
Therefore, our body gets irritated when we come in contact with jellyfish.
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