nancita
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?squid roe
what are the jelly like critters in the water off the East cape?
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tourists?
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monoloco
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You need to be a bit more specific as there are many different jelly like critters that inhabit these waters.
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nancita
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clear jelly with a dark reddish brown eye or maybe nucleus. Streaks of purplish colour in the water. Lots of mobullas jumping, wondering if that's
related??
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ELINVESTIG8R
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WHICH ONE OF THESE PHOTOS LOOK LIKE WHAT YOU SAW? 1 or 2?
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Mulegena
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Squid will shoot a spout of water several feet from their bodies when they surface. Is this happening?
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BooJumMan
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I have a similar experience. Just a few weeks back on the pacific side, near G. Negro, there were thousands of black/purple "ball-like" larva with two
long strings off the back end. They had small little flippers which propelled them. I would say they were no larger than 3/8 diameter. Anyone know
what these were?
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BooJumMan
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Dang. Nobody?!
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Ken Bondy
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Sounds like you might be describing the small jellyfish commonly called "agua mala". A jelly-like round bubble for a body, about 1-2" in diameter,
with a single purple tentacle about 4-6" long.
carpe diem!
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BooJumMan
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Darn good guess.
They were pretty hard shelled. I shoulda took some pictures. I picked them up, there were literally thousands of them in the water, and quite a few
washed up on the beach.
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Sunman
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Those things were everywhere where we were at too. Nobody had any idea what the heck they were.
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Wiles
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My guess, pelagic tunicates? Salps possibly.
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I'm no authority...but those tunicates that are thick at the East Cape right now look like salps. salpa maxima perhaps?
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akbear
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ELINVESTIGIG8R, The ones I see here in Los Barriles are like the ones in #1. What are they ? Your pict looks like small squid.
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