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[meghann]

Pink Comb Jelly



Pink Comb Jelly by midgetinvasion, on Flickr



Pink Comb Jelly Side by midgetinvasion, on Flickr

And some random jellyfish



Moon Jellies by midgetinvasion, on Flickr



Jellyfish by midgetinvasion, on Flickr

[JimBob]

Wow, where did you get these shots?

The only time I've seen a wild jelly is right before my sister and I got stung. Painful.

[meghann]

These were in the Rappahannock River in Virginia, which empties into the Chesapeake Bay. For when you move to California: vinegar helps with the sting. Well, that, or urine, but most people would rather have the vinegar.

The pink comb jellies don't sting, and are pretty neat. It was too bright for us to see the effect, but they light up! (and they don't sting) It was wicked hard to catch, though.

[Liam]

Each Spring a ton of jellies wash up on the shores of Hilton Head Island. Kinda neat to see.

[meghann]

They actually have A TON of jellyfish in the Chesapeake Bay and the rivers around there. In Yorktown in the summer they have to keep jugs of vinegar at the river beaches because so many people get stung, usually by sea nettles. I think last year they said over 100 people were stung in one day on July 4th? And it's a really little beach!

I found a video that someone took, so you can see how many. I never knew that rivers could be worse than the ocean. Thankfully we've managed to steer clear of them every time we swim there.

[JimBob]

Well, that, or urine, but most people would rather have the vinegar.

I think I will follow the path of "most" people!

[Janeybug]

Found the "fried egg" or "egg yolk" jelly today in Elliot Bay Marina in Seattle Washington. It was about 15" across but they can get as big as 24 inches in diameter. The tentacles can be up to 20 ft long.

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[cestma]

Very cool that you can ID so many of these, Meghann! Fascinating creatures. Few people realize that the comb jellies are in an entirely different phylum from the "classic" jellies. (Ctenophora, Cnidaria.)

[meghann]

Very cool that you can ID so many of these, Meghann! Fascinating creatures. Few people realize that the comb jellies are in an entirely different phylum from the "classic" jellies. (Ctenophora, Cnidaria.)

I've always been fascinated by them, and grew up going to beaches all the time, so have had many close encounters with them.

Here's one of my kids checking out a cannonball jelly on Tybee Island:



jellyfish by midgetinvasion, on Flickr

And then here is a moon jelly swimming at the Virginia Aquarium:



DSC_0072a by midgetinvasion, on Flickr

[cestma]

I've always been fascinated by them, and grew up going to beaches all the time, so have had many close encounters with them.

Here's one of my kids checking out a cannonball jelly on Tybee Island:



jellyfish by midgetinvasion, on Flickr

One of those animals is very cute!

And then here is a moon jelly swimming at the Virginia Aquarium:



DSC_0072a by midgetinvasion, on Flickr

Very nice!

[Benjamin DeHaven]

I prefer grape.

I've been stung once (not by the jar of grape jelly, some random jelly off Ocean City, MD). Never knew they where in some rivers around here. I was once bit by a freshwater eel while on a midnight swim in the Gunpowder River but that's a horse of a different color altogether. I have never seen a jelly except washed up on the Ocean City beach but the good specimens I saw looked like sandwich filled with water, the bad ones looked like a small puddle of clear goo.