The DEADLY portguese manowar

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this is video footage that was taken on a beach in south florida in february of 2011. The music is composed by Bluesta1n
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Here is some information about the portuguse manowar.

INJURY MECHANISM Long blue, threadlike tentacles.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS Stinging, burning, redness, swelling of lymph nodes. Long welt lines. Severe reactions: difficulty with breathing and cardiac arrest.


IMMEDIATE FIRST AID ADVICE:

1. Rinse the area liberally with seawater or fresh water to remove any tentacles stuck to the skin. This can be from a spray bottle or in a beach shower. Do not apply vinegar. A study shows that vinegar in these stings sometimes makes the sting worse. (Portuguese man-of-wars belong to a different family than box jellyfish [Carybdea alata] and therefore must be treated separately.)

2. For severe pain, try applying heat or cold, whichever feels better to the victim.

3. Few Portuguese man-of-war stings in Hawai`i cause life-threatening reactions, but this is always a possibility. Some people are extremely sensitive to the venom; a few have allergic reactions. Consider even the slightest breathing difficulty, or altered level of consciousness, a medical emergency. Call for help and use automatic epinephrine injector if available.


COMMON HABITAT Open ocean. Bays and beaches during strong onshore winds.

PREVENTION Avoid areas where they frequent. Usually found when winds blow in from the ocean onto land. Observe posted signs.

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  • Killing them, really? Go do something better with your time...

  • @Redexn what I did was a good thing for many reasons. I definetly did not have to poke at them. But I wanted to. Thanks for watching

  • What are these? Where are you finding them and why are you killing them?

  • @emmyrios87 They were washed up on the beach. I ensembled them so that no one steps on them and get stung. I did not need to poke them, but I did anyway!!!

  • Thank you for the safety information. Do you collect them to sell them or do you put them back into the sea?

  • @MsSandCrane my pleasure! no I do not put them back into the sea, park rangers picked them up. They were washed up on shore.

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  • Fuck those things, kill as many as you like, I care not!

  • Can't imagine that water gets many tourists. My ass sure as hell wouldn't go in.

  • they are just jellyfish! they probably dont even fell pain when you poke them. stop bitching, there are hundreds of jellfish out there. and these ones were probably going to die regardless.

  • Now you throw them at someone!

  • @2020artstart yes you are right! not only that, they also kill most of every other sea creatures in the ocean who touch them, aside from turtles and a few species of fish who are immune to the sting. Due to sea turtles being nearly extinct, the manowar and jellyfish population have been multiplying quickly and now frolicking accross beaches in the world

  • @alishawoo1997 im sorry that I helped save many more species of sea animals who would have otherwise been stung and killed by these manowars.

  • U horrible person I hate you. :( they don't deserve to die

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