Okay, this is a first for me. I am walking along the beach at high tide and I see what I think is a little ball of ice. Shiny, see-though. The first ice-ball of the season, I think to myself, and take a picture of it. Then I touch it, but it's not cold or hard, it is surprisingly flexible, like jello, and cool to the touch. It looks almost exactly like a bath bead; you know, those ones you get as gifts but rarely use. I pick it up. It is the same size and shape and texture. I contemplate the likelihood of a bath bead surviving in the salty ocean. Unlikely. It must be a jellyfish. A baby jellyfish? It is not alone. As I continue my walk along the beach I see several more of these unlikely creatures. A new species? The Bath Bead Jellyfish! Or baby jellyfish.
