Blue buttons wash up on Rasmaadhoo beach

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Blue buttons (porpita porpita) grace the shores of R. Rasmaadhoo at the beginning of every Iruvai Monsoon, attracting a large number of mesmerized beachgoers. Blue buttons, locally known as ‘fulhangi thaakihaa’, are commonly thought to be jellyfish but actually are a tiny colony of hydroids, small predatory creatures distantly related to jellyfish. Blue buttons don’t sting quite in the same way as