Same thing happening down Pensacola Beach too:
'Sailors' litter beach | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal
'Sailors' litter beach | pnj.com | Pensacola News Journal
Grayton Beach this morning
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I find it alarming. If you search the internet you will discover it is a global phenomenom, a tremendous rise in jellyfish numbers worldwide. Something is happening to our oceans. Here is just a little excerpt from the Oceana site from last summer:
"It appears that jellyfish have invaded not just the oceans but the media, too.
Last week I told you about our marine scientist Margot Stiles' cameo on the CBS Early Show to talk about the jellyfish invasion. They aired a longer version of the story Sunday evening -- check it out. They included quite a bit of footage from our European office of jellyfish and our roving catamaran, the Ranger.
Plus, Sunday morning, the New York Times ran a story about the same thing.
As Margot says, the jellyfish swarms are a symptom of the greater oceanic illnesses. Maybe their sting will serve as a wake-up call to those beachgoers -- who may or may not be already conservation-minded -- to do something about the overfishing, global warming, and pollution that's causing the blobs to bloom around the globe."
"It appears that jellyfish have invaded not just the oceans but the media, too.
Last week I told you about our marine scientist Margot Stiles' cameo on the CBS Early Show to talk about the jellyfish invasion. They aired a longer version of the story Sunday evening -- check it out. They included quite a bit of footage from our European office of jellyfish and our roving catamaran, the Ranger.
Plus, Sunday morning, the New York Times ran a story about the same thing.
As Margot says, the jellyfish swarms are a symptom of the greater oceanic illnesses. Maybe their sting will serve as a wake-up call to those beachgoers -- who may or may not be already conservation-minded -- to do something about the overfishing, global warming, and pollution that's causing the blobs to bloom around the globe."
I will never understand why people litter. I still remember the commercial of the Native American standing on a cliff with a tear in his eye then they scanned the litter. I was taught as a child never to litter and so were my children.
We were in Galveston, TX a few weeks ago for Mardi Gras and the manowar were everywhere one day, like 1/ft along the beach ranging from 1 inch to about 8 inches long. I had a run in with one as a kid, I've never forgotten it! We also saw several pieces of the cannonball fish, we had no clue what they were, the bubble part of them must have popped before we came up on them because we only saw the thick rubbery looking part-1st time to see those for us.
Last year at Seagrove we saw tons of the blue buttons a couple of different days, we didn't know what they were so we named them condom jellies!!!
Last year at Seagrove we saw tons of the blue buttons a couple of different days, we didn't know what they were so we named them condom jellies!!!
I love horseshoe crabs. Used to see them as a kid on St. Joe Beach all the time. They look absolutely prehistoric. I see fewer of them these days.