15 Creatures Discovered By Fisherman In New Zealand
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A CRYSTAL BLUE SAILOR
Velella
via imgur
Imagine walking along a pristine beach and rounding a bend to find thousands upon thousands of tiny jelly-like creatures. That’s what happened on Fitzroy Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand in October, much to the surprise of the locals.
They’re called Velella velella, so cool looking they had to name it twice. Although the Velella are related to jellyfish they’re not actually the same thing. Velella float on the surface of the water using a sail-like appendage to catch the wind much like a sailing ship. That’s why they’re sometimes called “by-the-wind sailors.”
They pose no threat to people, unlike jellyfish, as they don’t actually have stinging tentacles to contend with. They just filter plankton near the surface of the ocean with their tentacles and look pretty.
A CRYSTAL BLUE SAILOR
Velella
via imgur
Imagine walking along a pristine beach and rounding a bend to find thousands upon thousands of tiny jelly-like creatures. That’s what happened on Fitzroy Beach on the West Coast of New Zealand in October, much to the surprise of the locals.
They’re called Velella velella, so cool looking they had to name it twice. Although the Velella are related to jellyfish they’re not actually the same thing. Velella float on the surface of the water using a sail-like appendage to catch the wind much like a sailing ship. That’s why they’re sometimes called “by-the-wind sailors.”
They pose no threat to people, unlike jellyfish, as they don’t actually have stinging tentacles to contend with. They just filter plankton near the surface of the ocean with their tentacles and look pretty.
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15 February 2023
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