In researching these little blue jellyfish, I have found that they are washing up in great numbers on shores around the world. From what I can find, the first picture shows a line of velella velella, a type of cnidaria jellyfish, that litter the shore.
The next two shots are Portuguese man-o-war's. Scary looking things. In the first shot, that's a size 14 boot next to it for comparison.
Please feel free to correct me on the names.
7 comments:
Horrendous looking things! I've heard of Portuguese Men o' War, of course, but never seen a picture of one; nasty! Happy Christmas.
Hari OM
Yup PMoW aka 'bluebottles' - they have plagued the surfing and bathing beaches of Australia forever. Some beaches even had bottles of vinegar affixed for emergency first aid on stings....(think that's changed now) YAM xx
I used to see man-o-war when we lived on Midway Island. They are beautiful...but the stings of any jellyfish can keep you at bay, for sure! :-) Great photos.
They are always fun to see on the beach. See, not feel!
Don't step on that big one -- I bet he could eat you alive@
Do they know what's killing them ?
horrendous creatures(except in photos)! I got stung by a jellyfish in Florida many years ago...haven't liked them since!
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