Known by the scientific name “Velella velella”, the creatures are a collection of polyps that float through the ocean using a translucent 'sail' — often washing up in the spring and summer. The blue blobs washing ashore in California aren't jellyfish:
Getty ImagesBeaches from Dana Point to Point Reyes National Seashore have seen the creatures on their shores.Blue jellyfish-like creatures known as by-the-wind sailors are beginning to dot the coastlines of California and are reaching as far south as Orange County.
On Friday, Dana Wharf Whale Watching, which operates off the coast of Dana Point, California, said that they had seen"hundreds" of the sailors in the water, and displayed two on one of their whale watching boats., said in an Instagram video for Dana Wharf Whale Watching."They're gonna be washing on the shore pretty soon."
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