Jellyfish, or Jellies are free-swimming marine animals consisting of a gelatinous umbrella-shaped bell and trailing tentacles. The bell can pulsate for locomotion, while stinging tentacles can be used to capture prey. We sometimes see them on the beach, where currents and tides have brought them to their death. This week there were many lilac jellies, not all as brightly coloured as this one.
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I did not realise jellies could be a colour other than white.
so glad to show you these coloured beauties!
Very cool, Christine! I’ve never seen a lilac jellyfish, though I’ve seen many jellyfish in my day. 🙂
we were quite impressed to see a few dozen spread along the beach, but were careful not to touch them, or let the waves touch us …. could be very irritating to the skin 🙂
wow stunning color thanks for sharing
unusual eh?
saw them in an aquarium – moving so softly!
quite safe for humans to watch from outside … but don’t go in the water!
So pretty, purples are my favourite colours! Does this one have a dangerous sting?
don’t know about the sting, best to avoid all jellies!
Beautiful coloful jellyfish 🙂
thanks for popping by to admire it Amy 🙂
Does this type sting swimming humans? I know that Australia has some very dangerous varieties.
hi Tom, we have rarely seen this one so don’t know … but it is always wiser to avoid swimming if there are jellies about 🙂
questi bellissimi colori nelle tue bellissime foto sembrano quadri di un pittore surrealista!
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yes Ven, surreal, or abstract, I agree 🙂
I’ve never seen purple jellies before. Beautiful!
we don’t often see them either … wonderful what the deep blue sea is hiding!
I love this shade of purple 🙂 I think your lilac gem is a Purple Stinger, sometimes known as the ‘purple people-eater’ 🙂 because it can deliver a nasty sting – the tentacles, mouth, arms and bell are covered in tiny dots, which are bundles of stinging cells that will leave a painful, itchy rash if you come into contact with them (Australian Museum webpage).
wow, thanks for the answer EllaDee …. I have to confess I had not tried to find it but so glad you did … we always presume jellies are stingers … one summer we hardly swam at all, the sea/beach was full of little stingers day after day … love the name Purple People Eater!
just followed your lead and read about them … sadly these are too big to be the same ones … the smallest was about 15cm across … I would love to see the little ones!
Such a beautiful colour!!
so unusual Janaline .. thanks for popping by and saying hello!