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Strange blobs wash ashore in California. What's going on?

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By-the-wind sailors ( Velella velella) are washing up on beaches in the San Francisco Bay Area .

The translucent blue sea creatures look like jellyfish, but they're more closely related to the Portuguese man o' war ( Physalia physalis) Each creature is actually a colony of hundreds of smaller organisms with specialized functions.

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semi-formal

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English

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45

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