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Jellyfish

Man-O-War Jellyfish Photo – South Padre Island, Texas

November 16, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Should you be so inclined, you may click on the photo to enlarge it. This is such a beautiful animal, until you touch it.

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Jellyfish and Stingray Injury Resources

November 15, 2009

Posted by David McRee on BlogTheBeach.com
Each year thousands of people encounter stinging jellyfish or step on a sting ray. They turn to the internet to find help.  Two physicians prominent in wilderness medicine and in the treatment of injuries from marine organisms published an article in EMPulse, which is an official publication of the Florida [...]

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Blue Button Jellyfish in Gulf Shores

September 22, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlotTheBeach.com.
I’ve been getting lots of reports and photos of blue buttons this summer. Most are from either the northern gulf coast, or from the central and northeast Atlantic coast of the state. Several people have commented that they’ve been coming to Florida beaches for decades and have never seen blue [...]

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Blue Button Jellyfish on Daytona Beach

September 11, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
I just received an email from Janet U. of Michigan who discovered this blue button jellyfish on Daytona Beach. Amazingly (or perhaps not), no one at the hotel knew what it was. Janet was able to make an identification on the internet and finally ended up on my web pages [...]

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Blue Button Jellyfish on Guam

September 5, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
I’ve been getting reports from people spotting blue buttons all around the southeastern US, but this is the first time I’ve had a photo and report from Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean. Here is what Mark wrote:
My wife and I too are beach hunters here in Guam, I enclosed [...]

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Blue Button Jellyfish Photos from the Florida Panhandle

August 16, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com
Here is what Kristi wrote about her encounter with the blue buttons:
We were at St Joseph Peninsula State Park on Florida’s panhandle the first weekend in August. We had never seen these jellyfish before, but the beach was littered with them, and more were floating in on the tide. They [...]

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The Crab and the Cannonball

July 26, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Today seems to be jellyfish day. This is the third post today about jellyfish. I just received an email from Tom Hartlage with the above photo attached taken at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Here is Tom’s jellyfish story:
We found this cannonball at Myrtle Beach while swimming.  We scooped it up [...]

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Cannonball Jellyfish Seen in Destin

July 26, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.
Tina B. of Andalusia, Alabama photographed this cannonball jellyfish near Crab Island in Destin, Florida. January 2009. This is generally a harmless jellyfish. It does not sting, but I’ve heard that when handled it can create a slimy substance that may irritate the skin or eyes.

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Portuguese Man-O-War Jellyfish on Panama City Beach

July 26, 2009

Posted by David McRee at BlogTheBeach.com.
Deborah C. was walking on Panama City Beach in May of 2009 and encountered two Portuguese Man-o-War Jellyfish (Physalia) washed up on the beach. She snapped some great photos and was kind enough to send them along to share.

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Blue Button Jellyfish on Texas Gulf Coast

July 6, 2009

By David McRee of BlogTheBeach.com.
Over the 4th of July weekend I’ve received 3 reports from Texas beachcombers of large numbers of blue buttons (Porpita porpita) washing up on the beach. Two specified that they were  on South Padre Island. The photos on this page were sent to me by Kathryn G.  who had this to [...]

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