Summary ³

The Atlantic Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the man-of-war, or floating terror, is a marine hydrozoan of the family Physaliidae found in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Its venomous tentacles deliver a painful sting, which on extremely rare occasions has been fatal to humans. Despite its outward appearance, the Portuguese man o' war is not a jellyfish but a siphonophore, which, unlike jellyfish, is not a...

My Observations ⁴

Very rare occurrence. Washed up by the thousands.

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1. (c) Peggy Romfh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peggy Romfh
2. (c) Ryan Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ryan Jones
3. Adapted by bingusb from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physalia_physalis
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