Sunday 3 August 2014

Beaches near San Francisco littered with velellas

WATER WORLD
Beaches near San Francisco littered with velellas
San Francisco (UPI) Jul 31, 2013 - Their scientific name is Velella velella, or V. velella. But they also go by sea raft, by-the-wind sailor, purple sail, little sail, or simply velella. And right now, they're strewn about the beaches of San Francisco, numbering in the thousands. The odd-looking blue globs look like jellyfish, but they're not jellyfish. They're a member of a class of animals called hydrozoans, which incl ... more


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