The west coast of the United States from Southern California to Washington is experiencing an invasion of jellyfish-like creatures that have washed up on beaches during July, coating the beaches in a purple tinge coupled with a unacceptable smell. Although not poisonous, visitors to the beaches should avoid them as their venom can cause stinging to eyes and mouth.Known as Velella velella, or more commonly as “by-the-wind sailors,” these creatures regularly cluster offshore in spring, but not with so many coming ashore so late in the year.
Although appearing like jelly-fish, they are in fact colonies of much smaller creatures known as hydrozoans.
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