Mysterious blob-like sea creatures known as the '勝利，勝つd sailors' wash up on California coastline

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Mysterious blob-like sea creatures washed up across the Southern California coastline.?

Beachgoers were shocked to find the blue, gooey creatures on the sand at beaches between Ventura and San Diego on Monday.?

A bunch of blobs were spotted at Newport Beach and Long Beach as scientists said that strong ocean 現在のs and 勝利，勝つd brought them to shore.?

Many 使用者s took to social マスコミ to 株 snaps of the unique finds and were in awe of how the creatures got there.?

'They’re amazing animals. They’re like space 外国人s or something that have 侵略するd our beaches, but they’re not going to be here for very long,' Bruno Pernet, a professor of 生物学の sciences at California 明言する／公表する University Long Beach told KTLA5.?

Mysterious blob-like sea creatures washed up across the Southern California coastline

Many 使用者s took to social マスコミ to 株 snaps of their unique finds and were in awe of how they got there

The creatures, known as Velella velella, or '勝利，勝つd sailors' are known to wash up along Southern California in the spring 予定 to powerful 嵐／襲撃するs

The creatures, known as Velella velella, or 'By-the-勝利，勝つd Sailors' are known to wash up along Southern California in the spring 予定 to powerful 嵐／襲撃するs.?

They have a sail on their 最高の，を越すs which 許すs them to be blown across the ocean - leaving them at the mercy of 現在のs and 勝利，勝つd.

Scientists have advised beach-goers to steer （疑いを）晴らす of the creatures as they are 関係のある to jellyfish and have tentacles that can leave a 穏やかな sting.

Although 専門家s have 空気／公表するd on the 味方する of 警告を与える, Velella velella are not considered dangerous to humans.?

The By-the-勝利，勝つd Sailors?are also known as 植民地の hydroids, 類似の to Portuguese Man O'War, feeding on algae and zooplankton.

Portuguese Man O'War are venomous sea creatures that typically 原因（となる） 問題／発行するs for surfers in the 太平洋の Ocean.?

Scientists have advised beach-goers to steer （疑いを）晴らす of the creatures as they are 関係のある to jellyfish and have tentacles that can leave a 穏やかな sting

The By-the-勝利，勝つd sailors are also known as 植民地の hydroids and are 類似の to Portuguese Man O'War, feeding on algae and zooplankton

Upon their arrival in 最近の weeks, another creature has been 満足させるd to find an influx of Velella velella.???

Ocean sunfish, also known as Mola mola, are known to feast on the little jellyfish-like creatures and were spotted chomping 負かす／撃墜する on them in 最近の days.?

Other sea animals also enjoy the 勝利，勝つd-sailors, 含むing sea 海がめs and sea birds, but most predators tend to pass on them because of their size and venom, によれば Pernet.?

'Lovely little creatures,' one person said online.?

'Nothing to be worried about, just nature,' another wrote.?

Last year, thousands of Velella velella were discovered on Southern California beaches.?

At the time, Dana Wharf 鯨 Watching, which operates off the coast of Dana Point, California, said they had seen 'hundreds' of the sailors in the water.

'Watch for them on the beaches,' Nona Reimer, a science teacher said in an Instagram ビデオ while 選ぶing one up with her fingers. 'They're gonna be washing on the shore pretty soon.'

'You may come across a fresh wash-up of Velella, tinging the stretch of shoreline blue, but if they've been there a while, they will look like crinkly and 乾燥した，日照りの ovals of cello phane,' Point Reyes 国家の Seashore?地位，任命するd online.?

In Huntington Beach, 海洋 Safety 大隊 長，指導者 Doug Leach said hundreds had been spotted along the shoreline.

Ocean sunfish, also known as Mola mola, are known to feast on the little jellyfish-like creatures and were spotted chomping 負かす／撃墜する on them in 最近の days

Velella velella are seen washed up on a beach in?Ramatuelle, southeastern フラン on April 12, 2024

'We have a トン of them, mostly north of the pier, all over the high tide line as the tide was dropping this morning,' Leach said to the OC 登録（する）.?

By-the-勝利，勝つd sailors are 指名するd so because of their 半分-circular fins that grow either to the 権利 or the left.?

The fins lead the animal across the waters in whatever direction the 勝利，勝つd is blowing, 高めるing the 生き残り of the 種類.

'Some of the 全住民 will go left, the others will go 権利. If the 勝利，勝つd blowing to 押し進める everybody に向かって the beach, half will go 沖合いの／海外の and half will go onshore,' Professor of Toxicology Jamie Seymour told Yahoo News.?

'Twenty to 30 years ago it would probably have been uncommon to see them. Nowadays it's certainly not.'?

Between 2014 and 2016, かもしれない millions, washed 岸に 一面に覆う／毛布ing beaches across the 明言する／公表する.?

It drew curious beachgoers の上に the sands to see them up の近くに, although they are known for living in warmer 熱帯の waters off Baja California, Mexico.

The transparent creatures can 手段 up to 10cm long but are usually smaller in size. They are part of the Cnidaria group, which 含むs jellyfish and 珊瑚s.?

Once the creatures are 立ち往生させるd on the beach, they can 崩壊する and die, becoming food for birds.