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Blue Jellyfish numbers up

November 28, 2009 by  
Filed under Education, Wild Things

The thousands of dead Blue Jellyfish (Catostylus mosaicus) on Port Phillip Bay beaches in recent months prompts the obvious questions: why are there suddenly so many; and why did they die? Is it a natural cycle, or was it something they ate? Blue Jellies are said to feed on micro-organisms, small fishes, and organic particles [...]