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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLots of dead jellyfish at Myrtle Beach, SC, last weekend. Is that normal for this time of year?
They were the kind that's mostly transparent, a little bit of brown pigment.
madokie
(51,076 posts)They do things like this from time to time.
If I must
MattBaggins
(7,893 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)They are the spines of politicans of all kinds that were dumped at sea!
woodsprite
(11,828 posts)Tons and tons of jellyfish on shore, some the size of dinner plates and at least 4" thick. It made walking on the beach a total pain. We spent most of the week in the campground pool. That was the last week in April/first week in May. We're gonna venture there again this year in July to see if it's different. I remember it looked like you could walk way out and still be in knee-depth water. I wanted to do that, but you just couldn't really with the jellyfish.
xdrfox
(3 posts)Look at the color, whats inside, has absorbed as it lived in waters !
Jellyfish East Coast of Florida Peninsula State Park *PICS*1242
To Gulf Oil Spill on Wednesday, February 23, 2011
http://members.beforeitsnews.com/story/438/996/Jellyfish_East_Coast_of_Florida_Peninsula_State_Park_PICS.html
"Tens of thousands of Jelly fish are washing ashore Florida East Coast"1868
To Environment on Thursday, July 01, 2010
http://members.beforeitsnews.com/story/91/422/Tens_of_thousands_of_Jelly_fish_are_washing_ashore_Florida_East_Coast.html
raccoon
(31,083 posts)onenote
(42,296 posts)and it is common for them to wash ashore, even in winter. Warming oceans likely are going to cause the jellyfish population to expand and it may be that this winter is particularly "jelly fish friendly" (although I haven't heard any reports that the number of jellies this winter is significantly out of proportion from other years).
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Hundreds of Portuguese Man-O-War jellyfish have washed up on the north end of South Padre Island.
Viewer Louis Balderas Jr. sent a photo of the jellyfish-strewn beach to KGBT in Harlingen, Texas, a CBS affiliate.
Tony Reisinger, a coastal resources agent with the State of Texas, told KGBT Action 4 News that the jellyfish likely washed ashore en masse after preying on fish in the area.
"They go where theres food and they depend on the wind and we usually have what we call blooms in different areas and right now theres a lot of fish that are spawning," Reisinger told Action 4 News.
http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/Swarms-of-jellyfish-wash-up-on-South-Padre-Island-140053113.html
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)The water was filled with them. I don't know how the bugger got in there, but it was huge. Fortunately it was the clear variety (which don't sting) because it was right next to the unit. It still freaked me out. I put it back in the water.