A photo from open sources
Millions of honey-like creatures thrown on the coast California The name of this relative of jellyfish is Velella Velella, creatures live on the surface of the water and travel thanks to the winds.
A photo from open sources
According to the name, Velella has a kind of sail, attached to their head. That “sail” allows them to engage sailing as you wish. They are hunted by few predators, although some marine slugs and aquatic snails feed on them.
This is not an unprecedented case of a massive ashore. Such sometimes it happens, but not in the summer, but in the early spring. Cause Velella’s untimely appearance remains a mystery.
Velella is not a specific inhabitant of coastal waters California, it is present in warm oceans around the world. Despite this ubiquity, scientists still know little about their of life.
A photo from open sources
However, Velella is known to be a carnivore and, in mainly feeds on plankton. Why use thin tentacles, that hang beneath the surface of the water and capture everything suitable for food.
Velella cannot live long without water, and if creatures do not will be able to return to the sea at low tide, they will die within a few hours.
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