The Blue Jellyfish is a familiar jellyfish in UKs inshore seas. They normally get stranded in spring and early summer but in 2022 many were in autumn


The Blue Jellyfish is a familiar jellyfish in UKs inshore seas. They normally get stranded in spring and early summer but in 2022 large numbers of large adults were stranded in autumn. Maybe another symptom of climate change


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Location: Anglesey, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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