PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Rarely seen Lake Erie freshwater jellyfish have created an Internet buzz after being spotted first in Presque Isle Bay near Erie, Pa., and most recently this week near the shorelines of Middle Bass Island and South Bass Island.

Those reveling in the excitement include the newly reopened and remodeled Aquatic Visitors Center near Put-in-Bay operated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Kristin Stanford, an Ohio DNR wildlife diversity coordinator involved with programming efforts there, said an impromptu jellyfish display was created immediately after an Ohio Sea Grant/Ohio State University Stone Laboratory employee saw freshwater jellyfish moving along the Lake Erie surface on Monday. The sighting was near the lab’s boat docks that are mere steps away from the A

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