Strange blue ocean dwellers have washed up by the dozens in Southern California.
, the Point Reyes National Seashore confirmed that the blob-like creatures are Velella Velella, or flat hydroid polyps.
Also known as “By-the-Wind Sailors” thanks to the triangular sail attached to their body, Velella VelellaLike the man o’ war, the creatures are not single organisms, but are actually made up of thousands of individual polyps with specific functions, research assistant Rita F. T. Pires“The species usually forms large agglomerations when beached, as pictured, so it seems it could be the case,” she said of the Point Reyes National Seashore sightings.
But while the fascinating blue blobs have very short tentacles and sting only slightly, both Gershwin and Pires advised locals not to handle them.
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