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Georgia shores piling up with cannonball jellyfish at Tybee Island


Cannonball jellyfish can t swim. Instead, they go where the winds and currents take them. A strong easterly wind on Friday pushed the jellyfish onshore, not only on Tybee, but other Georgia beaches as well, said Tyler Jones, a spokesman for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
It s just a regular occurrence, Jones said. It isn t like a sign of the apocalypse or anything.
Cannonballs are the most prominent species of jellyfish in the Southeast, according to Georgia s DNR website. During the summer and fall, they make up over 16% of biomass on the coastline.
They primarily eat zooplankton and red drum larvae, the website says. When disturbed or threatened, the cannonball jellyfish will secrete a toxic mucus that will harm small fish, and drive away most predators. ....

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