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  1. Los Angeles Times
    https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-05-03/blue-blobs...

    What are the blue blobs washing up on California beaches? - Los …

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    By-the-wind Sailors (Velella velella Linnaeus) have been washing ashore ...
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    The Simple Life of a By-the-Wind Sailor - Bay Nature
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    Oregon Beaches Experiencing 'Blue Tide' Of Velella Velella | KLCC
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    Vélelle : définition et explications
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  3. The Mercury News
    https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/03/25/millions-of-bizarre-blue-s…

    Millions of blue sea creatures called Velella velella arrive on ...

  4. SFGATE
    https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/by-the-wind-sailors...

    By-the-wind sailors have returned to California beaches - SFGATE

  6. The San Diego Union-Tribune
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  7. Axios
    https://www.axios.com/local/san-diego/2024/04/30/velella-velellas-bl…

    Blue jellyfish-looking creatures are back on San Diego beaches

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    What is a Velella velella zooplankton?
    These intriguing creatures are Velella velella, known also as by-the-wind sailors or, in marine biology circles, “the zooplankton so nice they named it twice,” said Anya Stajner, a biological oceanography PhD student at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

    What are the blue blobs washing up on California beaches? - Los Angeles

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    Why does Velella velella wash ashore?
    It's been about a year since we've seen Velella velella wash ashore. Research suggests that these "washups" are associated with warmer ocean temperatures in the northern California current. By-the-wind sailors use their blue stinging tentacles to capture prey, such as plankton.

    Velella velella, By the Wind Sailors return to California beaches

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    Are Velella velella dangerous?
    According to Point Reyes, Velella Velellas pose little threat to humans, but if you do decide to pick one up, be careful when touching your face and eyes afterward because they can cause slight irritation to your skin. It's been about a year since California last saw Velella velella - or By-the-Wind-Sailors - wash ashore the coast.

    Velella velella, By the Wind Sailors return to California beaches

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    How many Velella velellas are there?
    Two Velella velellas. Photo: Linsey Sala Fun fact: Velella velellas reside deep in the winter, then transition to develop a sail and reach the surface when conditions provide for a lot of zooplankton activity, Linsey Sala, manager of the Scripps Pelagic Invertebrate Collection, told an institution publication.

    Blue jellyfish-looking creatures on San Diego beaches are Velella

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  9. Yahoo
    https://www.yahoo.com/news/velella-velella-wind-sailors-return...

    Velella velella, By the Wind Sailors return to California beaches

  10. ABC11 Raleigh-Durham
    https://abc11.com/velella-small-blue-sea-creatures-by-the-wind-sailo…

    Velella velella invasion: Bizarre blue sea creatures By-The-Wind ...

  11. focusingonwildlife.com
    https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/blue-mysterious-and-arriving-by...

    Blue, mysterious and arriving by the millions: the alien-like …

  12. The San Francisco Standard
    https://sfstandard.com/2024/03/24/blue-jellies-ocean-beach-san-fran…

    Ocean Beach: Why blue jellyfish wash up in San Francisco

  13. LAist
    https://laist.com/brief/news/climate-environment/strange-blue-sea...

    Return Of Velella Velella - LAist