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Old 05-09-2008, 09:04 PM
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Default clear round "jelly" balls on beach?

on my visit to PC this week, I was walking along the beach and saw hunderds of little clear balls the size of a marble. they had liqiud in them. a local told me they are called something like "aqua views" ?? he said if you pop them the liquid will cause a bad rash on your skin.
Anyone know what these things are? what they come from?
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Old 05-10-2008, 12:08 PM
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on my visit to PC this week, I was walking along the beach and saw hunderds of little clear balls the size of a marble. they had liqiud in them. a local told me they are called something like "aqua views" ?? he said if you pop them the liquid will cause a bad rash on your skin.
Anyone know what these things are? what they come from?
Might it have been tiny jellyfish?
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Old 05-10-2008, 12:10 PM
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Several possibilities, according to the replies to these threads:

seaweed balls?

little clear balls from seaweed?
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Old 05-10-2008, 12:49 PM
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on my visit to PC this week, I was walking along the beach and saw hunderds of little clear balls the size of a marble. they had liqiud in them. a local told me they are called something like "aqua views" ?? he said if you pop them the liquid will cause a bad rash on your skin.
Anyone know what these things are? what they come from?
Maybe related to these jellyfish - aqua viva?

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Old 05-10-2008, 11:31 PM
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That is what the local guy called it but the videos show jellyfish but the ones I saw where perfectly round balls the size of marbles....
What would "agua viva" in english be? maybe I could research it that way??
Thank you for posting those links.
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