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A few days in my life from the previous week

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Float like a jellyfish, sting like a bee

Float like a jellyfish, sting like a bee - a titbit of science behind bees, jellyfish and their venoms

It is common knowledge that to anger a bee is a bad idea as in situations of danger or in response to attack pheromones, the bee may sting you, injecting you with its venom, apitoxin. In the case of a jellyfish, stinging is a self-defence mechanism and is also employed in order to incapacitate prey. However, the mechanism by which they achieve this is much less well-known.

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Extravascular hemolysis

Occurs at either the liver or the spleen, where there is a higher level of white cells. The hint for this is a positive direct anti globulin test (Coombs test)