.... Pembrokeshire!
29/10/2021
It was found by my eldest Grandson in a rock pool on Wiseman's Bridge beach! An amazing jellyfish, so colourful and yet so deadly! A first sighting for me of this particular jellyfish!
It had been in the news that these Jellyfish had been seen on beaches in Pembrokeshire areas.
It is also known as a Blue Bottle and not actually a jellyfish but a close cousin of the species.
'It is a Siphonophore, which is a colony of very small organisms of the same species that attach to one another to survive.'
The Portuguese Man O' War are normally found in the Atlantic, and are often found in groups floating in the Atlantic ocean with their gas-filled clear float. These "jellyfish" use their venomous tentacles which can reach immense lengths, up to 160 feet, to paralyse and catch fish and other small prey.'
Never seen one, and I'm not sure I'd have recognised it if I had. Great sighting.
ReplyDeleteIt was strange to see it inflated and floating in the rock pool, you would not mistake it for a 'normal' jellyfish.
DeleteWhat a great spot by your Grandson Pam, a super sighting....another sign of climate change??
ReplyDeleteI reckon it probably is a sign of climate change Ruth! Lovely to see though.
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