The sea creatures — known as Velella — washed up on Baker Beach in San Francisco on Monday, April 27
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- Thousands of sea creatures known as Velella washed ashore near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Monday, April 27
- The jellyfish-like creatures are deep blue with triangular sails that help them travel across the ocean’s surface
- Beachgoers have seen Velella washed up on several beaches along California’s Central Coast in recent days
Thousands of bright blue jellyfish-like sea creatures have washed up along the beaches of San Francisco.
The species, known as Velella and also called ‘by-the-wind sailors,’ emerged across San Francisco’s Baker Beach, reaching the coast along the Golden Gate Bridge, on Monday, April 27, The San Francisco Chronicle reported.
According to the National Park Service (NSP), Velella typically live offshore in the Northern Hemisphere and are related to jellyfish, sea anemones, corals and hydroids. The striking creatures have a firm, flat, oval-shaped body about four inches long, with a two-inch-high triangular “sail” attached…