# Dead jellyfish stings **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 8, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-jellyfish-stings/452239 "2008-06-08T17:11:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-jellyfish-stings/452239/1 "2008-06-08T17:11:23Z")
Inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=471062). When I was a kid there would often be white-and-purple moon jellyfish washed up on the shore. I never touched them, as I was an obedient kid and was warned against it. I know that the nematocysts can still be triggered on the tentacles of dead jellyfish. But do the bells also have stingers? If I were to touch the bell of a dead moon jellyfish, would I have been stung? Or are they free of nematocysts? ---
**Author:** ![Toaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@Toaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toaster)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-jellyfish-stings/452239/2 "2008-06-08T18:55:14Z")
I am not aware of any jellyfish species with stinging bells, so I think you would have been okay if you were positive no tentacles were lying on top of the bell. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-jellyfish-stings/452239/3 "2008-06-08T21:14:22Z")
In Key west when the jellies are in, somebody patrols the beaches in the morning with a shovel to prevent people from stepping on one.