Bizarre blue creatures washing up on California beaches

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “You may come across a fresh wash-up of Velella, tinging the stretch of shoreline blue, but if they’ve been there a while, they will look like crinkly and dry ovals of cellophane.” Others said more caution was warranted. I wouldn’t suggest picking them up with your bare hands.” The Velella velella have been spotted onshore across the state, including in Hunting Beach, Zuma Beach, Manhattan Beach, Salt Creek Beach. They’re like space aliens or something that have invaded our beaches, but they’re not going to be here for very long,” Bruno Pernet, a professor of biological sciences at California State University Long Beach, told KTLA. “In spring, shifting strong Pacific winds often drive thousands of these creatures on shore from British Columbia all the way to California,” Point Reyes public information officer Christine Beekman told the San Francisco Chronicle.