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Description:

This translucent jellyfish has a diameter of 10 - 13 inches and weighs more or less 1 - 2.5 kg. During the transition period of rainy season to dry season, hundreds of these dead jellyfish are washed ashore by the high tide. Some local fisher folks gather some of these and make them into a chilled salad - a good appetizer and a perfect partner for alcoholic beverages.

Habitat:

Not so sure , maybe tropical seas.

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6 Comments

4sg24
4sg24 10 years ago

Cool. Next time do something about tigers or lions

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 11 years ago

Wow what a fantastic spotting grate shots and video!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 11 years ago

wow, people really eat these? very interesting spot and information.

animaisfotos
animaisfotos 11 years ago

Hundreds of those at the seashores... The video is great. Thanks for sharing.

shekainah d. alaban
shekainah d. alaban 11 years ago

Thanks LauraMaria it was a good help. You have fascinating bird spottings.

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 11 years ago

Hard to tell exactly what kind of jellyfish, but this definitely belongs to an order called Rhizostomae, which don't have tentacles. It's difficult to ID it further than that since it looks distorted floating on the surface like that, but I am thinking something like Catostylus mosaicus or Mastigias papua. Hope this helps in narrowing down your search!

Roxas City, Capiz, Philippines

Spotted on Feb 7, 2012
Submitted on Apr 4, 2012

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