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LA Times Today: What are the blue blobs washing up on SoCal beaches? Welcome to Velella velella Valhalla

LA Times Today: What are the blue blobs washing up on SoCal beaches? Welcome to Velella velella Valhalla

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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Hundreds of thousands of tiny blue sea creatures are washing up across California beaches this spring. Velella velellas, commonly known as by-the-wind-sailors, have been blown ashore and researchers are jumping at the chance to study this elusive species.

L.A. Times science reporter Corinne Purtill brought the story.

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