A swarm of wandering filamentous jellyfish arrived on the shores of the country precisely in the winter

After an unusually jellyfish-free summer, a swarm of wandering filamentous jellyfish has been seen in recent days off the coast of Haifa

A swarm of wandering filamentous jellyfish arrived on the shores of the country precisely in the winter. After an unusually jellyfish-free summer, a swarm of wandering filamentous jellyfish has been seen in recent days off the coast of Haifa. "The swarm, unlike the summer swarms, is characterized by the fact that most of it is below sea level at depths of a few meters, it appeared a few days ago and is found in small groups" said Dr. Gur Mizrahi and Dr. Eli Shemesh from the Charni School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa.

According to the researchers, the arrival of swarms of jellyfish in the winter is not an unusual phenomenon and their non-arrival in the current season in the summer did not prevent their appearance in recent days. "The swarm looks young, the details are not large and the density is different from the summer period. The fact that in winter there are almost no bathers in the sea means that we don't always notice them, but the jellyfish have not left us yet. We from the laboratory of Dr. Yoav Lehan and Prof. Danny Chernov are trying to deal with the annual phenomenon of jellyfish, simple creatures that surprise us every time," said Dr. Mizrahi.

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