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Hi, everybody, and welcome to today's show. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
Let's get ready to turn up the heat on all your science questions. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:11 | |
-What have we got today, BUD-E? -I'm run off me feet here, I am. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
This one just in from Anna in Buncrana. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
Ah, Anna. Jellyfish stings, a subject very close to my own legs. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
Jellyfish are found all over the planet, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
from the deepest, darkest oceans, to the beaches all around us. | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
And there are loads of different species, right? | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
Sea wasps, the Portuguese man-of-war, The jelly Jedward Fish... | 0:05:33 | 0:05:38 | |
-Professor! -Oh! | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
Now, jellyfish have very long tentacles, | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
which contain millions of tiny stingers filled with nasty venom. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
If they sting, you'll know all about it! Ah! | 0:05:45 | 0:05:49 | |
However, some people say that peeing on the sting | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
helps to relieve the pain, as the chemicals in your pee | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
prevent some stingers from firing. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
Which is why I always keep a bottle of wee to hand. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
But Professor, sometimes the chemicals in your pee | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
can react badly with the chemicals of the sting. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
They might even make it worse. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:05 | |
Argh! | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
-But my mammy taught me it did work! -Oh, don't be silly! | 0:06:07 | 0:06:11 | |
Instead, rinse the stung area with salt water | 0:06:11 | 0:06:14 | |
and get an adult to remove the tentacles. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
And remember, jellyfish don't sting humans on purpose. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
So please be nice to them. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
Wargh! | 0:06:22 | 0:06:23 | |
So there you go, Anna. You can't cure a jellyfish sting | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
by peeing on it. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:27 | |
So that's just a load of old science fiction, huh? | 0:06:27 | 0:06:30 | |
I should probably get rid of this wee, will I? What'll I do with it? | 0:06:34 | 0:06:38 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 |