Barrel jellyfish

[British Red]

I thought a few other members might be interested in the barrel jellyfish washing up on the beaches in the South West


Barrel jellyfish by British Red, on Flickr


Barrel jellyfish washing up by British Red, on Flickr


Barrel jellyfish by British Red, on Flickr


WP_20150620_008 by British Red, on Flickr

 

[widu13]

Patently that's a drowned alien from a crash landing Red. Run and destroy the images!

 

[Man of Tanith]

Rather cool.
Put me in mind of somethin from Lovecraft. C'thulu risintg

 

[cranmere]

They are being a bit of a nuisance to swimmers too, because they sting.

 

[bobnewboy]

Loads of them on the beach at Pendine Sands last week. They look very odd.

 

[Cub Kaa]

I haven't seen any Barrel fish here in Bideford,North Devon. My neighbour said he had seen a few out on the water. The other day though along the water at Bideford Quay there were quite literally hundreds of Moon Jelly fish.

A couple of weeks ago my daughter managed to catch a Moon one while Crabbing off the Quay at Appledore. Which is slightly better than when my wife managed to catch a young Seagull !

 

[Clouston98]

They're big! Can't say I've seen one what that size before, been ages since I've seen one in general .

 

[bambodoggy]

Can they be eaten?

 

[sandbender]

Put me in mind of somethin from Lovecraft. C'thulu risintg

Yeah, me too.

How big are they, roughly.

Beautiful things, I've seen something similar while snorkling in Greece, they are quite mesmerising to watch.

 

[rorymax]

Can they be eaten?

They are certainly eaten in the far east, and depending on your taste and how they are served they can be very nice to eat.

I have not met anyone here in the UK who can identify and eats edible jellyfish, far less how they would be cooked.

I must ask some of the old-timers from where I grew up if they ever ate or heard of them being eaten.

 

[boatman]

Our dog wants to eat the ones washed up on the beach. Try to stop him but sometimes he has a nibble, so far no ill effects.

 

[British Red]

How big are they, roughly.

About 18" to 24" across or thereabouts. I suspect they are longer with legs trailing but that's not easy to tell ashore.

 

[dennydrewcook]

just spent a week in brixham loads of jellyfish there this year apparently because of the warm winter, lovely animals to watch

denny 😊

 

[sandbender]

About 18" to 24" across or thereabouts. I suspect they are longer with legs trailing but that's not easy to tell ashore.

Thanks, much bigger than the ones I've seen.

 

[British Red]

They are sizeable for creatures. Much, much bigger than a football. Impressive to watch coming in or swimming. Sad to see dozens of dead ones washed up each day

 

[bambodoggy]

They are certainly eaten in the far east, and depending on your taste and how they are served they can be very nice to eat.I have not met anyone here in the UK who can identify and eats edible jellyfish, far less how they would be cooked. I must ask some of the old-timers from where I grew up if they ever ate or heard of them being eaten.

Be interested to hear if you do find out anything, thanks Rory

 

[British Red]

In answer to the size questions, I took a shot of a middle sized one next to my knife today (knife on the right, its about 3.5" long closed)



Barrel jellyfish with knife by British Red, on Flickr

 

[mountainm]

My colleague tried some in a restaurant. He described it as chewy phlegm.

 

[FGYT]

often used to see dustbin lid sized ones and occasionally a fair bit bigger across when out diving around Dorset

 

[Tengu]

Was on Perranporth beach today.

Saw some of those hand sized ones with the four purple rings on but nothing bigger.

Its amazing to see them evaporate, they are mostly water, of course, and when that goes theres just a smear left.

Its doubly amazing to think they are the main prey of the huge leatherback turtles...if the jellyfish are around, do you think we will hear reports of sea monsters??