Okay, this isn't from a hike, unless you call it "hiking" when I walk from my beach chair to the surf and back again.
Anyway, I found this today, and lots more like it, washed up onto Cannon Beach at high tide.
At first I thought they were chunks of kelp that had gone funky and slimy, because a lot of them were no longer intact, and the dark stringy tentacles around the outside really look plant-like. (And there WERE some seaweed strands lying around too.) But it's definitely a jellyfish; do we have any marine life enthusiasts in the house who might know which kind?
washed-up jellyfish
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Re: washed-up jellyfish
Yes, looks like a sea nettle to me:
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/anim ... BrDNhDNA==
Google "washed up sea nettle" and the photos look pretty much like yours. Sea nettles are common and you've probably seen them in an aquarium before.
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/anim ... BrDNhDNA==
Google "washed up sea nettle" and the photos look pretty much like yours. Sea nettles are common and you've probably seen them in an aquarium before.
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Re: washed-up jellyfish
Yeah, that must be it: Chrysaora fuscescens, for those of you playing along at home.
I've seen and photographed sea nettles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but I didn't recognize them without their long fluffy central arms; those must disintegrate in the pounding surf.
I've seen and photographed sea nettles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, but I didn't recognize them without their long fluffy central arms; those must disintegrate in the pounding surf.