Walkers should keep their distance: storm washes thousands of dead animals onto Baltic Sea beaches.. As of: March 18, 2024, 1:15 p.m By: Carmen Mörwald Several jellyfish carcasses were spotted on Steinwarder Beach.

The Nature Conservation Association warns beach visitors to keep theirdistance as much as possible. Fire jellyfish normally die at low temperatures, but the mild winter encouraged their reproduction. The warming of the Baltic Sea could be to blame for the animals' deaths.