These were present in the rio a few weeke ago.
Note no tentacles. About the size of a large grapefruit.
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Sharksbaja - 12-29-2007 at 04:21 PM
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Al G - 12-29-2007 at 04:59 PM
They are beautiful...what sort are they?bajajudy - 12-29-2007 at 05:10 PM
Sharks
Those are bizarre. I hope someone can identify them. What a gorgeous color.Cardon - 12-29-2007 at 06:39 PM
I remember seeing lots of round jelly fish in the river in 1974 that were the size of softballs. I don't remember them being blue but it was lots of
years ago so maybe they were. I haven't seen any since.gringorio - 12-29-2007 at 06:47 PM
Cool shots - nice color blue... where there many or just a few?Sharksbaja - 12-29-2007 at 09:34 PM
These amazing animals were not only beautiful with the pastel azure color but were intriguing as well.
There were many perhaps dozens "swimming" along the shore but they also jetted back and forth and against the current.
I found it curious they were so far up the rio. They obviously were seeking food as they hovered along rocks while moving about.
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Here is what I found:
It's called the "Cannonball Jelly" and it's not uncommon on either coastline. However after searching the web and many references I cannot find one
description that includes a blue variation. Another surprise was the fact that the stinging cells are located within the mucous of the animals.
They are harvested and eaten in some parts of the world. They do not pose a stinging threat to humans as they are of the least potent sp. http://www.answers.com/topic/cannonball-jellyfish?cat=techno...
[Edited on 12-30-2007 by Sharksbaja]Cypress - 12-30-2007 at 08:03 AM
Sharksbaja, Thanks for the great pictures. A variety of cannonball jelly
is common in the Gulf of Mexico during summer, a little larger than those blue one's in the river. Sometimes they're so thick they actually cause
problems for shrimpers. Never saw a blue one.BMG - 12-30-2007 at 08:25 AM
I have seen these once before. My father-in-law has a beach house in Las Bocas on the mainland. They were everywhere. I can remember poking at some
that were dead on the beach. The globe was pretty substantial and hard, not gelatinous. The size was a little larger than described and I remember the
blue being darker than the photos. We never got any stings even though we swam with them all around us.windgrrl - 12-30-2007 at 08:31 AM
Thank you for sharing these wonderful photos!castaway$ - 1-2-2008 at 11:46 PM
I believe I have seen these in the open sea out of Mulege, they were spectacular.JZ - 1-2-2008 at 11:59 PM
There were thousands of them on the Sonora side in the summer of 2006. They were darker blue.
[Edited on 1-3-2008 by JZ]Skipjack Joe - 1-3-2008 at 01:14 AM
They are very common in San Lucas Cove in the June/July timeframe. I don't think their stingers are very potent as my son has often handled and played
with them.Ken Bondy - 1-3-2008 at 04:26 PM
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Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
They are very common in San Lucas Cove in the June/July timeframe. I don't think their stingers are very potent as my son has often handled and played
with them.
Igor what is their common/scientific name? I tried to find them in my invertebrate books and on a few internet sites but couldn't make a positive id.
++Ken++Natalie Ann - 1-3-2008 at 06:42 PM
I've seen these jellies out by the Enchanted Islands.... sometimes blue, and a larger one that has a gold color to it. Our panguero picked one up and
handed it to me, explaining that it would not sting me.... and it didn't.
NenaSkipjack Joe - 1-3-2008 at 08:07 PM
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Originally posted by Ken Bondy
Igor what is their common/scientific name? I tried to find them in my invertebrate books and on a few internet sites but couldn't make a positive id.
++Ken++
My search came up with nothing I feel confident about. The closest was the australian blue jelyfish, but the ones in baja don't have the white dots
all over the cap. They're about fist size with a fairly dense, compact body suggesting a powerful swimmer (for a jellyfish). They pulse fairly quickly
for one so large.
A variety of cannonball jelly
is common in the Gulf of Mexico during summer, a little larger than those blue one's in the river. Sometimes they're so thick they actually cause
problems for shrimpers. Never saw a blue one.
