Clinging Jellyfish Might Be Eying LBI; When Noah’s Ark Can’t Take the Rain

The rare clinging jellyfish is the talk of the walk, especially if you walk in parts of Barnegat Bay. Since first being found in Jersey waters in 2016, the media has gone a bit mad over the dime- to quarter-sized hydrozoan invaders. Headlines include “Tiny Jellyfish Carrying Paralyzing Toxin Invade Jersey Shore” (nypost.com) and “Spider-like clinging jellyfish with intense stings spotted along Jersey Shore” (phillyvoice.com).

Writers describing clinging jellyfish have also gone a tad dramatic.