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Stinging sea creatures plague N.C. beaches - Science - MSNBC.com
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Charles Smith, the director of Carolina Beach Ocean Rescue, says reports of stings have been gradually increasing over the past couple of weeks, and at least 75 people were stung by sea nettles and other jellyfish from Monday through Thursday..
Sea nettles, a type of jellyfish, began arriving at Wrightsville Beach in mid-July, a few weeks ahead of schedule.  Now they're bombarding Carolina Beach, where so many were in the water on Thursday that lifeguards posted red flags to alert visitors of dangerous conditions..


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CNN.com - Chilean scientists work to ID mysterious sea creature - Jul. 2, 2003
A huge, gelatinous sea creature found in the Southern Pacific Coast of Chile continued to baffle scientists Wednesday while they waited for a DNA analysis.
'I had only heard about things like this in Jules Verne, ' Cabrera said, referring to the author of '20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea, ' a classic novel full of exotic creatures and vivid descriptions of the sea.
of sea monsters washing up and at least 90 percent of these have turned out to be basking sharks, ' he said, noting the shark species can grow to be over 40 feet long.
The formaldehyde solution the Chilean researchers are using to preserve part of the animal would destroy a lab's ability to test its DNA, he said.

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National Geographic News Photo Gallery: Surprising Sea Animals Discovered in 2006
The shape of its beak suggests the squid is a powerful chewer, MAR-ECO researchers say.
While soft-bodied squid are often damaged during deep-sea trawls, their hard mouthparts are unique to each species and so can be used to help identify different species, the team says.
The new specimen has also provided material to help flesh out the physical descriptions of previously discovered but poorly known related species, the researchers add.

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Discovery Channel :: News - Animals :: Sea Creatures to Be Tagged and Tracked
Sea Creatures to Be Tagged and Tracked Randolph E.
12, 2007 — In a modern update of 'fish and chips, ' researchers are planning a worldwide effort to track the movement of sea creatures tagged with tiny electronic devices..
Sea life ranging from salmon to whales, turtles to sharks, will be tagged so they can then be tracked as they swim past arrays of sensors placed at critical locations in the oceans..
Initial research for the effort was done as a joint U.S.-Canada project in the north Pacific..
In the new system tagged sea creatures will also collect data from other tagged animals they encounter..
That means scientists studying data from a shark, for example, would also know what other fish or sea mammals it had encountered in its travels — or even the ones it ate if they were tagged..

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