#velellavelella — Public Fediverse posts

I’ve read conflicting warnings about danger to dogs that may eat the #VelellaVelella that are being stranded on the beaches of the #OregonCoast. Here’s a good quote from a marine biologist:
“
According to Jim Burke of the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, they aren’t dangerous.
…
“If your dog eats a lot of them, it’ll get an upset stomach,” he says. “They’re not poisonous, but sometimes they eat more than they want.”
”
https://lincolnchronicle.org/by-the-wind-sailors-come-ashore-by-the-millions-on-central-coast-beaches/

Millions of Velella Velella are spread across the beach near the tide line. #OregonCoast #VelellaVelella

I was able to film this Velella Velella (aka By-the-Wind-Sailor) as it was washed ashore by the waves and 30 mph winds. #OregonCoast #VelellaVelella

Found my favorite beach debris this afternoon...
#ByTheWindSailor
#VelellaVelella
#SantaBarbara
#SilentSunday

A Violet Snail (Janthina sp.) preying on a By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)

#VioletSnail #Janthina #ByTheWindSailor #VelellaVelella #Hydrozoa #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cnidaria #ByTheWindSailors #SeaLife #MarineLife #Snail #Snails #Gastropod #Gastropods #Gastropoda #Mollusca #Mollusc #Molluscs #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

Velella velella back on the north Oregon coast! Got to the beach this morning and there were slippery smelly drifts of them covering the sand. They're so cool - so blue and strange. I don't even mind the smell. #velellavelella #by-the-wind-sailor #hydrozoa #marinelife #ocean #beach #phoneography #oregoncoast

By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)

#ByTheWindSailor #VelellaVelella #Hydrozoa #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cnidaria #ByTheWindSailors #SeaLife #MarineLife #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

By-the-wind Sailors (Velella velella)

#ByTheWindSailors #VelellaVelella #Hydrozoa #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cnidaria #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

By-the-wind Sailors (Velella velella)

#ByTheWindSailors #VelellaVelella #Hydrozoa #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Cnidaria #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photography

#SilentSunday
#VenturaCA
#ByTheWindSailor
#VelellaVelella

Velella velella! Waves of velella velella have washed up on Oregon beaches lately, here are my photos from this morning. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velella #marinelife #notactuallyajellyfish #jellyfish #velellavelella #velella #oregoncoast #beach #phoneography #hydrozoa #bythewindsailor

First Velella Velella of the year arrived on the high tide this morning. 09 May 2023.

With a bonus pair of Swans flying by. 📷

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velella

#VelellaVelella #ByTheWindSailor #HighTide #WestCork #Ballydehob #WildSwans #SeaSwimming #IrishSea #StormySkies
#Wildlife #SeaLife