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An unprecedented number of "pink meanie" jellyfish, a species that can grow up to 50 pounds with tentacles stretching as long as 70 feet, are washing ashore along the Texas coast .

From Port Aransas to Corpus Christi, the surge in sightings is unlike anything recorded before, according to Jace Tunnell, a marine scientist at the Harte Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

"I’ve never seen this many pink meanies, and I’m on the beach continuously for my beachcombing surveys, for over eight years now," Tunnell told Fox News Digital.

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"Plus, I grew up at the beach and had never seen one before this year," he added.

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