Steve Trewhella, a conservationist, started a journey in his boat with a hope that he is able to show even a single jellyfish to his grandson, Frinn Hatcher, 10. But the conservationist was surprised to see a number of jellyfish.

He spotted the water a mile offshore was full of jellyfish. Steve said that it is the first time that he has seen so many of them. In fact, there were thousands more bobbling along a few miles from the Dorset coast.

“Finn had never seen one and I hoped we might be able to spot a couple and he would be able to get into the water with one”, said 51-year-old from Wareham, Dorset. He affirmed that the specie is no beautiful and attracting that one cannot help but get attracted to see jellyfish.

Overfishing is considered to be one of the reasons behind the presence of so many jellyfish. Another reason could that they might have overwintered in the depths of the UK waters. Jellyfish, which is more three feet wide, can sting, but they are not dangerous to humans.

Steve said that there was one after another and was an amazing experience to see so many of them. Steve said that jellyfish were everywhere. In the UK, jellyfish is not considered to be rare species, but it is generally seen when it gets washed up on beaches. Also, it is considered unusual to see more than in the water.

The barrel jellyfish’s Latin name is Rhizostoma pulmo and is found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean. In the UK, it is considered to be the biggest species to be found.