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THE LIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER IN CHULA VISTA HAS COLLECTED MORE THAN A DOZEN.
TO SHOW FOLKS WHAT THEIR ARRIVAL SAYS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF OUR COASTAL WATERS.
>> >>: WELCOME TO THE DISCOVERY CENTER. >> >>DWANE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> >>: YEAH. SO WE'RE ALL ABOUT BRINGING PEOPLE CLOSER
TO LOCAL WILD LIFE, UP CLOSE TO SEE THOSE ANIMALS THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE UNOUR BACK YARD.
>> >>DWANE: WENDY SPAWLDING HAS BEEN WITH THE LIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER FOR TWO
YEARS. SHE SAYS SAN DIEGO IS SEEING MORE BLACK JELLY
FISH THAN EVER BEFORE. >> >>: IN THE LAST TECH AID OR SO, WE'VE SEEN
THEM ABOUT FIVE TIMES IN OUR LOCAL WATERS. WHEREAS IN THE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE THAT,
THEY WERE SEEN ABOUT 5 TIMES. >> >>DWANE: UP CLOSE, UNDER LIGHT, THEY LOOK
MORE MAROON THAN BLACK. THESE JELLY FISH START OUT VERY SMALL, AND
CAN GROW TO THE SIZE OF A LARGE TRASH CAN LID.
BUT SPAWLDING CAN ONLY SPECULATE AT THIS POINT WHY THEY'RE SHOWING UP HERE.
>> >>: IT'S A BIG MYSTERY AND SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING INTO.
WE THINK IT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH INCREASED PLANCK TN BLOOMED, INCREASE INCREASED NUTRIENTS
IN THE WATER. AND IT MIGHT ALSO HAVE TO DO WITH WARMING
CURRENTS IN THE OCEAN. >> >>DWANE: LIKE A BLOOMING ROSE, THESE PRETTY
CREATURES CAN ALSO BE PAINFUL. >> >>: MOST OF OUR JELLIES IN THE LOCAL WATERS
DON'T HAVE A VERY BAD STING. THESE GUYS DO.
IT'S NOT FATAL, BUT IT HURTS. >> >>DWANE: ABOUT 75,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE
DISCOVERY CENTER EVERY YEAR, AND FOR SOME IT'S A BIG SURPRISE.
>> >>: I'M AMAZED AT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE OUT HERE.
I'M SORRY TO SAY FOR 20 SOMETHING YEARS THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING HERE.