Let's just say finding a 'blue beach' is not easy to find :). This is the best I could do... so far. These little mysterious blue creatures washed up along the Pacific Coast beaches including California, Oregon, Washing and Canada. They are Velella (jelly fish types creatures) or known as 'by the wind sailors'. The marine animals, which float on the surface of the Pacific Ocean, have a small sail and oval shaped bodies about the size of a palm of a hand leaving them at the mercy of the wind and ocean currents. Once they reach the shore, they die :(. Apparently they don't have the sting of a true jelly fish and they feed on small prey such as fish eggs and plankton they catch. Valella can be found annually washing up during the summer months, but this summer they have colored some beaches blue.
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