Jellyfish

When is a Jellyfish NOT a Jellyfish?

July 12, 2010
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Question: When is a jellyfish NOT a jellyfish? Answer: When it’s a siphonophore or a chondrophore. Prefer to listen to this blog post rather than read it? Click the play button on the player below. It’s about 5 minutes of me blathering on about jellyfish: Recently I was taken to task in a politely pedantic [...]

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Numerous Reports of Blue Button Jellyfish on Florida’s Atlantic Coast

May 31, 2010

For the past week or so I’ve been getting quite a few reports of thousands of blue button jellyfish washing up on the beaches from Jacksonville to Daytona Beach. According to most reports, these jellies do not normally sting, but I’ve had one report that a person believed she was stung by one. I consider [...]

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Blue Jellyfish on Cocoa Beach: By-the-Wind Sailors

April 20, 2010

I’ve gotten quite a few photos of jellyfish over the last few years. This year I’ve received quite a few photos of By-the-Wind Sailors (Velella velella). But this photo by Natalie Wetherington of Brandon, FL is by far the very best close up I’ve seen so far. These are very small jellyfish, ranging from an [...]

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Man-of-War Jellyfish Appearing on Melbourne Beach, Florida

April 12, 2010

The reports of Man-of-War jellyfish on Florida’s Atlantic Ocean coast just keep pouring in. These easterly winds are blowing them in out of the Gulf Stream. Expect them to keep coming in as long as the easterlies continue. All the jellyfish photos on this page were submitted by Craig and Nina Beaudry of Sebring, Florida [...]

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Stingmate vs. The Blue Fleet

April 8, 2010

If you’ve been keeping up with this blog recently you may have noticed the many reports of blue jellyfish and purple sea snails (aka “the blue fleet) washing up on Florida’s Atlantic beaches in the past month or so. Above is a photo from Jeff Poje of Miami showing two Portuguese Man-of-War jellyfish (Physalia) among [...]

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Portuguese Man-of-War Jellyfish Visit Miami Beach

March 29, 2010

March often brings strandings of Man-of-War jellyfish on Florida’s Atlantic coast beaches. Visitor Ann McConnell sent in these photos from Miami Beach, taken on March 8, 2010. She noted that she saw about 30 of these creatures on the beach.  In late February several people sent photos of Purple Sea Snails on Fort Lauderdale Beach. [...]

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Portuguese Man-of-War–Even the Little Ones Sting

March 23, 2010
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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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