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Blue jellyfish-like critters arrive in Bay Area. When will they show up on SoCal beaches?

An April 2023 image shows the sunset illuminating a by-the-wind sailor in Huntington Beach. The creatures began arriving at Bay Area beaches recently and are expected in Southern California within months. Strange springtime visitors — gelatinous sea creatures known as by-the-wind sailors, or Velella velellas— are arriving by the thousands on Bay Area beaches. “By kind of random luck, if …

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Southern California Beaches Swamped With Jellyfish-Like Creatures

The beaches of Southern California have new visitors– Mysterious jellyfish-like blue organisms. The creatures, which have been identified as Velella velella, are commonly known as “By-the-Wind Sailors " due to their unique method of transportation. Officials of Point Reyes National Seashores, a unit of the National Park Service, US, shared a photo of the unique creatures sprawled on the beach. …

Blue jellyfish-like creatures swarm California beaches, netizens stunned

What if you are walking on a beach and see thousands of blue-colored creatures washed up on the shore? Well, believe it or not, a sea of little blue creatures have actually washed up along Southern California beaches. Blue jellyfish-like creatures wash up on California beaches. Officials at the Point Reyes National Seashores informed in a Facebook post, "Velella velella …

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What are these blue creatures washing up on Southern California beaches?

In the last week, thousands of creatures known as by-the-wind-sailors have been washing ashore Southern California beaches. The oval-shaped, flat creatures with tiny blue tentacles may look like little jellyfish but are in fact hydroids called Velella velella, more commonly known as “by-the-wind sailors.” With a sturdy, transparent sail running across the top of their bodies, the marine creatures travel …

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