Hundreds of small, blue, jellyfish-like creatures have been washing up in Pacific Beach for days. The good news? They won't sting you! More info:
SAN DIEGO – Hundreds of blue, jellyfish-like creatures washing onto Pacific Beach this week. Locals worried about jellyfish stings, but the organisms, while related to the jellyfish family, are actually an entirely different creature.
The man-of-war relatives scattered across Pacific Beach are called Velella velellas, or “by-the-wind-sailors”, are relatively benign to humans. Biological Oceanography PhD student Anya Stajner joined KUSI’s Hunter Sowards to discuss the creatures and why they are here.
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