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Their bottoms have little stingers but it's more of a "don't get it on your hands then rub your eyes" vs. putting you in the hospital sting.I didn't think they sting
Thanks.Velella is a monospecific genus of hydrozoa in the Porpitidae family. Its only known species is Velella velella,[1] a cosmopolitan free-floating hydrozoan that lives on the surface of the open ocean. It is commonly known by the names sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply Velella.[2]
This small cnidarian is part of a specialised ocean surface community that includes the better-known cnidarian siphonophore, the Portuguese man o' war. Specialized predatory gastropod molluscs prey on these cnidarians. Such predators include nudibranchs (sea slugs) in the genus Glaucus[3] and purple snails in the genus Janthina.[4]
Each apparent individual is a hydroid colony, and most are less than about 7 cm long. They are usually deep blue in colour, but their most obvious feature is a small stiff sail that catches the wind and propels them over the surface of the sea. Under certain wind conditions, they may be stranded by the thousand on beaches.
Like other Cnidaria, Velella velella are carnivorous. They catch their prey, generally plankton, by means of tentacles that hang down in the water and bear cnidocysts (also called nematocysts). The toxins in their nematocysts are effective against their prey. While cnidarians all possess nematocysts, in some species the nematocysts and toxins therein are more powerful than other species. V. velella's nematocysts are relatively benign to humans, although each person may respond differently to contact with the nematocyst toxin. It is wise to avoid touching one's face, eyes or pepis (man parts) after handling V. velella, and itching may develop on parts of the skin that have been exposed to V. velella nematocysts.
That's what they are guessing.Does this mean we’re gonna have a wild Nino year?
whenever weird chit washes up it seems like a haymaker Nino is upon us.
fxtTheir bottoms have little stingers but it's more of a "don't get it on your hands then wipe your buttrub your eyes" vs. putting you in the hospital sting.
got it, it’s like their hurricane season outlook. Whatever was said in May, expect the opposite come October.That's what they be sayin. But then again, this past winter wasn't supposed to be anything so....
We had millions of 'em wash up one year up here. They came in on a very north storm/wind event and there was all kinds of Japanese trash, mostly bottles and stuff like that. I found 9 glass floats one day and most of them were mixed in the piles of dead velvella velvellas.We see them here when they get blown up from Santa Cruz on big south swells.
I've got to ask what in the hell would possess you to try and scoop a jellyfish up with your rash guard, especially while wearing it?!??I made the mistake of trying to scoop one up with the front of my rash guard.
Cannonballs are hilariously benign by our jellyfish standards, which are generally really rare pink ones or more Man-o-war which will light your sh!t the fuck up.I've got to ask what in the hell would possess you to try and scoop a jellyfish up with your rash guard, especially while wearing it?!??