Strange blob-like sea creatures washing ashore across Southern California coast

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23 күн бұрын

Bizarre sea creatures that resemble jellyfish have returned to Southern California waters, a year after millions were spotted between Ventura and San Diego counties and beyond.
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Chip Yost reports for the KTLA 5 News at 12 on April 29, 2024.
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@sandrar.morales9583 21 күн бұрын

I thought they were broken bottles 🤣

@jameswest8280 16 күн бұрын

They would probably feel like broken bottles if you stepped on them.

@truetomyself8880 13 күн бұрын

That’s what I thought. I’m sitting here looking for them and they’re right in my face 😂😂😂

@roxannebennett 19 күн бұрын

In South Africa we call these Blue Bottles … super painful sting!

@michaelrg3836 18 күн бұрын

Beat me to it! 😉

@no.7-ot9yc 14 күн бұрын

We got them in Australia too lol

@lightray1305 14 күн бұрын

Yip... Blou Blasies...

@pw529 21 күн бұрын

beware of the BLOB,

@tsilva2183 20 күн бұрын

Don't walk..Run!

@REDRex408 21 күн бұрын

Is this news? This happens every year.... They're jellyfish. don't touch them

@enough1494 20 күн бұрын

Hahahaha YAHOOOOOOOOO

@perz400 19 күн бұрын

What about accidental touches? And do they feel stressed if they don’t get enough sleep?

@hallooos7585 18 күн бұрын

@@perz400No but you would be the one stressed after you wake up in a hospital and presented with the hospital bill

@Romy16. 17 күн бұрын

They aren’t jellyfish

@REDRex408 17 күн бұрын

@Romy16. tomatoe/ tomato it's jelly like so it's a jelly fish Case closed

@softsteel6 20 күн бұрын

Blue bottles we get them in Australia all time

@janetkolar5062 20 күн бұрын

Blue Bottles we call them in Australia but ours sting

@suzyparker-smith9330 5 күн бұрын

The ones here in Florida sting also. I’m sure they all do. They look identical.

@miguelramirezLUX 21 күн бұрын

Someone lost there implants

@rollinia7770 21 күн бұрын

😂

@YaYaPaBla 21 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@miguelramirezLUX 21 күн бұрын

😂🤣

@lindaadelwerth8042 20 күн бұрын

Thats Freaking Hilarious! I'm Rolling!

@miguelramirezLUX 20 күн бұрын

@@lindaadelwerth8042 😂😂 😂😂

@TheMary0831 21 күн бұрын

They're jellyfish and that happens every year, I saw it happen a few times when I lived near San Francisco.

@davidgonzales2274 21 күн бұрын

In santa barbara in earlyy sixties used to call blue jellies floating on top by swimmers emperors also men of wars

@BeccaHetrick 21 күн бұрын

A man of war is not tiny like these... They're big and have tentacles that stretch like 10 feet...

@ejicon3099 21 күн бұрын

Wowie. Can we please get more segments with Jessica. I learned so much about the ocean with this segment alone.

@davidr4523 21 күн бұрын

Just image this Jessica Rodriguez taking off her nerdy glasses and dressing hot. She would look amazing!

@ejicon3099 21 күн бұрын

@@davidr4523 Bruh. You just took it another level and made it creepy.

@flerphead 20 күн бұрын

Take a shower @@davidr4523

@GrannySweets 19 күн бұрын

I'm going to Google her name and find her without waiting for others so thought I'd share the idea with you. 😊

@Caroline_T 21 күн бұрын

Better than hypodermic needles 😅

@BrownyBird 3 күн бұрын

They were all over the beach here on Monaco two weeks ago. I mean, ALL OVER THE BEACH. Hundreds of thousands! But we are at the other side of the pond!

@suesabalburo6235 21 күн бұрын

We have those in Hawaii and we call them, Portuguese Man O’War. They sting so don’t touch!

@steveturansky9031 21 күн бұрын

These are pretty small, about 1 inch long by 1 inch high. If you sail offshore, you'll see them from time to time. On one sail to Hawaii, I saw a patch of 10-15 miles of them. There must have been multiple millions of them.

@Qes404 21 күн бұрын

Put them backkk😢😢 help

@user-mw6jo7ql1c 20 күн бұрын

They would just wash back up unfortunately. Look a little like man o wars but they are apparently related

@jameswest8280 16 күн бұрын

The diversity of life is astounding, we're still finding new species every day.

@1timeslime971 5 күн бұрын

it is NOT a new species…actually its ancient.

@jameswest8280 5 күн бұрын

@@1timeslime971 thank you captain pedantry.

@andybarboza9134 21 күн бұрын

I thought they were condoms last sat lmao

@polarspirit 19 күн бұрын

Try wearing it

@sotorodrigo33 21 күн бұрын

We just saw these on the camp coastlines of catalina / two harbors

@Odin33356 21 күн бұрын

We didn't always have a earthquake every time it rains or fissures across Arizona.

@benjaminperez6620 21 күн бұрын

They’re jellyfish and I got stung by them as a teenager in Mazatlan in 1970.

@MilesBellas 21 күн бұрын

siphonophore: a colony of specialized creatures, amazingly !??

@capslock4959 21 күн бұрын

they're related to jellyfish

@MilesBellas 21 күн бұрын

@@capslock4959 "Jellyfish are single organisms that are free swimming and capable of moving themselves through water. Siphonophores are a colony of single celled organisms and are ocean drifters, incapable of moving through the water on their own. The single celled organisms that make up these colonies are so dependent on one another that most can’t survive alone. "

@benjaminperez6620 21 күн бұрын

@@capslock4959 all I know is that I tried to make it home about three blocks from the beach. They came and got me in a car because I couldn’t walk. My legs were paralyzed and rubbery. There were so many of them.

@Droogs 21 күн бұрын

Same thing happened to me in Lima, Peru in 1904.

@stawksop 21 күн бұрын

Man o' war jellyfish probably

@pinkfreud62 21 күн бұрын

Velella velella.

@mark99k 20 күн бұрын

@stawksop The MOW isn't a jellyfish, and these (Velella velella) are neither. She explains it barely 90 seconds in.

@OrsonBuggy1958 21 күн бұрын

Did Michael Moore take a swim in the ocean again?

@killertokyo6445 20 күн бұрын

Oh.. they are literally all over Rosarito Beaches right now.. I was wondering what they were. Not curious enough to touch them though.

@Franky566 16 күн бұрын

you mean "jelly fish,"?

@B1acKBMWW 16 күн бұрын

Bruh your assuming the identification of THEM how you know that's what they want to be called? What a trump supporter

@kimberlytomsendawson 20 күн бұрын

I went to Dana Point yesterday & there were thousands of them

@JedimillerReturns 21 күн бұрын

why is that lady smiling and laughing? its a sad day nothing funny about death

@Paulabrahms 19 күн бұрын

It’s nature. Get over it.

@JedimillerReturns 19 күн бұрын

@@Paulabrahms daheck?

@Michjjp 14 күн бұрын

Here in South Africa we call them Blue Bottles. They have very long tentacles and they sting like hell. Don’t swim when they are washing ashore.

@ellemay2755 21 күн бұрын

Sea creatures 😁 In Australia we call them Blue bottles! They are common. Don't touch them & if you do, pour vinegar over it to help with the sting.

@churly9717 20 күн бұрын

Never use vinegar. It causes the sting to discharge even more. Use hot but not scolding water.

@starspark9471 14 күн бұрын

Yes, the lifeguards usually have the vinegar. But the sting...ouch!

@churly9717 14 күн бұрын

@@starspark9471 lifeguards don't use vinegar. It causes more sting to be released from the barbs. Hot water is used.

@churly9717 14 күн бұрын

Vinegar is used on tropical jellyfish only, not on bluebottles. It worsens the sting. Use hot water if available, otherwise cold or ice water.

@starspark9471 13 күн бұрын

@@churly9717 thanks for this. The lifeguard did give me vinegar after the tentacles were removed and the pain didn't go away that quickly. I didn't have access to hot water until I got home although I think I used cold water instead.

@Littlebigtime 17 күн бұрын

They're here too in Santa Cruz, northern CA.

@steveh5882 19 күн бұрын

They look like clams. Maybe they are edible.

@bbak22 14 күн бұрын

Just a mild sting? Totally worth checking them out.

@starspark9471 14 күн бұрын

Nooooo! No, no, no, no, NOOO! Very sore!

@psnisy1234 21 күн бұрын

Looks like broken glass/items

@pps900 20 күн бұрын

Blue bottles, get millions of them on the beaches in Australia. Give em a cuddle 😊

@dinoflagella4185 19 күн бұрын

No, they’re related to them. They’re a different species.

@johnniemcbride2772 20 күн бұрын

Not the first time this has been in the news.

@eddieg6436 21 күн бұрын

Put them all over your face…it’s the Malibu facelift.

@terencem8795 20 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@wul09 21 күн бұрын

god if i ever saw these colonies of jelly on a normal tuesday id freak the hell out 😭

@babayaga2977 21 күн бұрын

When they said blobs washed up on shore i assumed it was rhe cast of the view out for a swim.

@eclecticd9953 21 күн бұрын

Lololo

@robblankenstein6825 20 күн бұрын

Looks like blue bottles.

@jody-ne7xs 21 күн бұрын

Sounds like the sting from the poisonous Canadian snow frog. Only found on the prairies every fifth January.

@joshferguson3113 8 күн бұрын

Same here in South Florida I seen tons of them on the beach two days ago

@MelissaZDunn 21 күн бұрын

I feel like I've seen slews like this roughly all the time, perhaps limited to certain hours of day, all allong the California coastline. That said, I never recall any sort of "sail like structure" but I've gotten stinger impressions from far away.. Also, video description goes against video footage meaning.

@sandyhaggland4430 20 күн бұрын

It's blue bottles😂😂😂😂😂

@starspark9471 14 күн бұрын

These "blue bottles" give a painful sting. Trust me. Just stay clear of the tentacles. But this segment was very interesting. I had no idea they were a kind of man-o-war, nor did i know that they actually aren't really jellyfish! Wow!

@cookiebakerdz 19 күн бұрын

In Hawaii we call them Portuguese Man of War. The sting is mean. I was surfing and had one go down my shorts. Ouch!

@AuRowe 19 күн бұрын

Been stung hard at Kealia multiple times, those little dots left on the skin get itchy too

@gummieworms3909 21 күн бұрын

So are they just going to die there or what? What happens to them now 🤔

@1xgio 6 күн бұрын

Do they have any uses

@tilapiadave3234 20 күн бұрын

VERY normal here in Australia ,, onshore winds and we often see hundreds of those blue-bottles

@suzyparker-smith9330 5 күн бұрын

They were just in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as well

@hapahaole9819 16 күн бұрын

Yikes!! Looks like the Portugeuse Man O War in Hawaii😊

@ginarobbins2741 21 күн бұрын

I thought it was broken glass bottles

@snapdragon8610 9 күн бұрын

We have these on Texas beaches. Don’t be fooled. They sting and it HURTS! When I was a child one wrapped its tentacles around my leg. I had huge whelps all around my leg. My grandmother rushed me back to our cottage and put me in the bathtub with some bleach water. It neutralizes the sting. Thank goodness!

@jessicac4385 21 күн бұрын

Not blue bottles?

@colinm2585 21 күн бұрын

yes they are. we australian call them BLUE BOTTLE. its painfull if toutched skin. can be treated by vinegar

@jessicac4385 17 күн бұрын

@@colinm2585 yes!! I was stung on my calf and the pain traveled into my groin. I was stung when I was in bondi beach, I was rushed to lifeguard station and they put boiling hot water on my skin

@pper79 21 күн бұрын

“MAN-O-WAR!!!” 😂

@guybeingaguy 21 күн бұрын

Not uncommon at all here in Fort Lauderdale. Maybe 3 times a month, lasts a few days. I’d guess the most you’d see is 5 in 100/200 feet. Noticeable, but not a nuisance at all. I was todays years old when I found out their not Portuguese man o wars.

@kisnhug6694 21 күн бұрын

It must smell really bad 😢

@perz400 19 күн бұрын

You think they don’t bathe and put on a deodorant?

@PatriciaLynnLaas 16 күн бұрын

I remember these last year

@knuclear200x 21 күн бұрын

IDKSterling was here, you just doesn't know it yet 🎅🎅🎅🐡

@donnawentz2221 21 күн бұрын

@knuclear-😂😂😂

@shondrawhite9317 21 күн бұрын

Ho ho ho .. no don't do it ....meow...I 💙 IDK puffer 🐠 gagging LMSAO. 😽🚬

@knuclear200x 21 күн бұрын

@@shondrawhite9317 eh eh eh

@ljquinn4655 11 күн бұрын

Stingers, blue bottles we call them in Oz.

@daveandrade8189 21 күн бұрын

Happy face! Even the sail jellyfish want to escape the polluted water that lifeguards have to protect themselves from --- latest news.

@lookspacethings 17 күн бұрын

I have seen those several times in the Mediterranean coast

@mortimerschnerd1251 19 күн бұрын

They're like jellyfish and can sting. I've seen them on the shore in Mazatlan and San Blas for at least 5 decades.

@NarolAlexa5777 10 күн бұрын

I saw them on Half Moon bay beach a few weeks ago.

@freeport36 19 күн бұрын

Do they really "kinda" get blown around? What does blown around vs. Kinda blown around look like?

@GrannySweets 19 күн бұрын

Jessica Rodriquez is such a delight to listen to and learn from. I see her as a female Mr. Rogers which is lovely high praise.

@ginadelsasso288 20 күн бұрын

So were they all connected at one time and then got busted up once washed to shore?

@LittleMitch2k 19 күн бұрын

Ocean got a broken update

@deanevangelista6359 21 күн бұрын

They’re quite common in Florida.

@EdwardSerrato-yu1th 17 күн бұрын

Beautiful but extremely venomous 😮

@citizenY 14 күн бұрын

Damn Chip

@NoName-zh1jz 13 күн бұрын

Oh hell no…

@rollinia7770 21 күн бұрын

So is it edible?

@sofa_kingcool985 19 күн бұрын

They're actually a delicacy in Asia.

@AuRowe 19 күн бұрын

@@sofa_kingcool985 what isn't?

@888chubbs 19 күн бұрын

Have them up in Monterey bay too

@user-zh8gd3gd6u 18 күн бұрын

We see those in San Diego every spring!

@CyborgAttack 18 күн бұрын

I saw these yesterday on my beach

@tirzahmyers3392 20 күн бұрын

These guys were all over the Oregon beaches like a month ago.

@1timeslime971 5 күн бұрын

theyre blue bottles…ive seen them in Australia.

@sarachan8932 21 күн бұрын

😢😢😢

@E.Snyman 13 күн бұрын

No strangeness here. I grew up with them here in South Africa. We call them "blue bottles". Sting like mad with those long, blue tentacles. Poisonous too. My sister was rushed to hospital when it went round her little body at the age of seven. She was allergic to it. Luckily she was OK.

@seandavison2680 15 күн бұрын

Those things are real dangerous and will sting you so be careful going in the waters

@liyanam7888 18 күн бұрын

Very sad 😢

@terryjohnson4803 21 күн бұрын

I was at monteray at the tide pools hundreds of them still alive in the pools

@MrDepodot7 21 күн бұрын

They sting, ouch

@ashleybosschannel24 7 күн бұрын

Manoware jellies

@mattrodriguez476 18 күн бұрын

This does not happen every year

@Rizaar27 13 күн бұрын

That is a bad omen.

@RidgeWalker-jw1rr 19 күн бұрын

Yeah, those are baby Kaiju

@paigesmith5647 10 күн бұрын

They look like 'Blue Bottles'. Occasionally appear on Queensland, Aust' beaches.

@deborahfaithlove 8 күн бұрын

Common blue bottles. We get them 8n south Africa. Their sting is very painful.

@blak3brutus229 20 күн бұрын

Are these irl slimes?

@findiwindles 19 күн бұрын

In Australia, the name 'Blue Bottle' is given to these or something very similar.

@Lesser302 16 күн бұрын

Very common down here in Australia We call them blue bottles 😂

@affliction6911 21 күн бұрын

😮

@BornAgainCynic0086 20 күн бұрын

Aussie Blue Bottles, out to get you!

@warmgreetings 20 күн бұрын

Colonies of the hydrozoan velella. They're so beautiful! not self steering though, the wind 🌬️ moves them & the receding tide leaves them stranded. If you see them at the beach it's possible to save their lives by putting them back in the ocean, wear gloves 🧤.