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Winds blows By-The-Wind-Sailors ashore in Ventura

Wind Blows By-The-Wind-Sailors Ashore
Vallela Vallela cover sand along Ventura Beach

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) Large numbers of marine organisms have washed ashore in Ventura.

They are called Valella Vallela and they are related to  jellyfish

Their common name is By-The-Wind-Sailor.

Wind pushed thousands of them onto South Jetty Beach by the Ventura Harbor and other they have shown up on other beaches as well.

It's best to leave them alone.

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