>>86978378Vemon, in the case of jellyfish for example, releases a chemical toxin that affects you nervous system. That chemical causes you neurons to fire off like crazy and cause you great pain. Sure, you nervous system do use electrical discharge, but the overall effect is from the toxin. Spider, Jellyfish, and other poisonous lifeforms don't "zap". The electric eel that do zap only do it make eating easier, or to escape death.