This jellyfish is rather small and not very developed. It looks like a clear sandwich bag floating in the ocean. Or to me, it looked as though it was mucus floating in the ocean. I saw it while snorkeling at Las Caletas (near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico). I wasn't sure if it was a jellyfish or not and was, at most, two feet away from it when I noticed it. I didn't feel anything while in the ocean but noticed a large red patch on my shoulder when I got out of the ocean. It was a firey, burning sensation whenever anything touched it.. The whole process of the mark seemed like a curling iron burn, bright red, turned to a brownish red and blistering to a brownish scab. I didn't bump into the reef at all and don't know what else it could have been from. Any suggestions on what it might be from and what it was that I saw in the ocean?
2007-01-24
03:31:30
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Stodie
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