THE ATLANTIC SEA NETTLE - MAMA-PEPPER PETS HER FIRST JELLYFISH
This was the first time we ever saw this species of jellyfish.
While visiting the Gulf of Mexico at South Padre Island, we encountered a new species of Jellyfish that we had never seen before. It always seems to be something different each time we head down. With thousands of venom filled cnidocytes on each of their tentacles, the Sea Nettle can not only capture its food, but can also cause some painful skin irritation on people who happen to encounter it.
However, if you avoid the stinging tentacles, you can "pet" or at least touch the jellyfish, which is what I was doing and even let @mama-pepper give it a try. She wasn't so sure at first, but after watching me do it, she gave it a go. It was a very interesting jellyfish to encounter, and I found two while we were there. Below are some more photos.
MORE ATLANTIC SEA NETTLE PHOTOS
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-atlantic-sea-nettle
Until next time…
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Cool Papa. I go to N. Padre frequently. We live only 2 hours or so from it. One day maybe we could meet up
Deal, sounds good to me! Do you ever head there in winter?
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It looks like a cake
Ah cool! Don't pet the bottom! :)
Right, they only like to be patted on the head.
Wow, that looks like a giant candy lol. I saw lots of jellyfishes in my home country (Turkey) but they never had these veins (or they were probably not macroscopic)
Greetings from Cape Town :)
Awesome @papa-pepper!
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They are very interesting creatures, here in Venezuela we know it as aguamala
Ah, interesting. They are a very strange creature.