Nature & Environment

Queensland beach is covered in blue jellyfish

By T.K. Randall
February 3, 2017 ·  4 comments

Blue blubber jellyfish. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Via Fernandez Charlotte Lawson, who had been visiting the beach at Queensland's Deception Bay on Sunday afternoon, couldn't believe her eyes when she came across the spectacle.

"[When] we got closer we realised it was jellyfish," she said. "It was like bubble wrap across the beach. There was only a meter of sand between the jellyfish and the concrete."

A blanket of blue.

A spectacular sight as thousands of blue blubber jellyfish wash up on the Australian east coasthttps://t.co/3VVKdi4mv9 pic.twitter.com/ZH0CLW1BlY

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 3, 2017

According to marine scientists, the peculiar phenomenon is known as 'bloom'.

"Jellyfish bloom is part of their lifecycle and if the winds blow just right and if the water level falls with the tide, then they get stranded," said marine biologist Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin.

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