Showing posts with label blue bottle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue bottle. Show all posts

Monday, March 12, 2007

An uncommon visitor

the transulcent bladder is used as a sail the tentacles can still sting when washed up on the beach
Blue bottles (Portuguese Man of War) (Physalia utriculus) are not a common sight on the Venus Bay beach, being more common in warmer nor then waters. They are not true jelly fish but can still pack a nasty sting even when washed up damaged and dying.

Is this the first sign of warming or just a unusual occurrence of currents, wind and waves?