Hopefully somebody can identify this odd creature. Thousands of them were washed up among the weed on local North Mayo beaches during the strong north winds earlier this week:
It's about 2.5 inches long, an inch wide, and has an opaque "fin" about an inch high on top. The body was rubbery and gelatinous, a strange opaque blue tint, and there was a brown streak in the middle of it, lengthways. It also has ridges round it that look like the growth rings on a shell.
What's This?
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paul skelly
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Re: What's This?
Beleave it or not the are a form of jellyfish nick named by the wind sailors .
Give a man a fire he will be warm for a night,
Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
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Set him on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life.
Species from the shore 2011:21
Species from the shore 2012:34,
Species from the shore 2013:40
Species from the shore 2014:36
Species from the shore 2015:35
Species from the shore 2016:30
: whiting,pouting,dab,shore rockling,5xb beard rockling,flounder,dogfish,grunt,white sea bream,banded sea bream,black damselfish,blue damselfish, ornate wrasse,lizard fish,sea trout,red gurnard,bass,tornback ray smoothhound,Corkwing wrasse,poor cod,ballon wrasse,cod,pollock,conger,spotted ray,bullhuss,mackerel ,tub gurnard,place,lesser weever,
Wish list: ray
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Nic Mach
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Re: What's This?
A "by-the-wind sailor" or Velella velella by it's scientific name, it is a species of jellyfish. Generally harmless to humans, however people can react to certain toxins in different ways. Don't touch your face or eyes after handling and itching may occur on areas of skin that have been in contact with the Velella velella.
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Re: What's This?
Story on sky news today about them, apparently billions of them have been washed up along the North American West coast.