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Thousands of Mysterious Sea Creatures Wash Up on Beaches

Thousands of Mysterious Sea Creatures Wash Up on Beaches

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One of the “by-the-wind sailors” that have been washing up on Southern California beaches in April by the thousands.

What are they?

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What’s All The Fuss About?

What’s Everyone Saying?

 Marine biologist Julianne Kalman Passarelli is the teaching and collections curator at the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium in San Pedro, California. She talked to NPR about the mysterious blobby dudes.

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How They Reproduce:

They do something called “alternation of generations,” which is just really weird. This is how they have babies. They change back and forth between the polyp, colony polyp, and medusa stages.

About The Velella Velella’s Body And Its Environment:

The Velella velella is a group of animals living together. And if you look closely, all those little things hanging down that look like tentacles are different organisms in the same group. They all work together, kind of like coral, but they all have different jobs. One is for making babies, one is for eating, and the other is for protection.

About How The Sail Is Made:

The top of the sail feels like plastic if you touch it. It’s not very thin. And what’s inside is chitin. And that’s the same thing that crabs use to make their shells. So, it’s known for being hard and defensive, but you shouldn’t pick them up and touch them because they are cnidarians.

Their sting is not as dangerous as that of their close cousin, the Portuguese man-o’-war, or even of their more distant relatives, like jellyfish and sea nettles. But they can make you mad. I wouldn’t recommend using your bare hands to pick them up.

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So, Now What?

Source- Oregon public Broadcasting Department

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