DEADLY PORTUGUESE MANOWAR

this is South Florida. East Coast. February 2011.
Lots of Portuguese man of war have washed up on shore.
Here is a little bit of information about these creatures.

The Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), also known as the Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war, or bluebottle, is a jelly-like marine invertebrate of the family Physaliidae. The name "man-of-war" is borrowed from the man-of-war, an 16th century English armed sailing ship.

Despite its outward appearance, the man-of-war is not a true jellyfish but a siphonophore, which differ from jellyfish in that they are not actually a single creature, but a colonial organism made up of many minute individuals called zooids.[1] Each of these zooids is highly-specialized and, although structurally similar to other solitary animals, are attached to each other and physiologically integrated to the extent that they are incapable of independent survival.

The man-of-war is found in warm water seas floating on the surface of open ocean, its air bladder keeping it afloat and acting as a sail while the rest of the organism hangs below the surface. It has no means of self-propulsion and is entirely dependent on winds, currents, and tides. It is most common in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Pacific and Indian oceans, but can drift outside of this range on warm currents such as the Atlantic Gulf Stream.

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[AnthropomorphdSkunk]

At end of video: "These can come in handy" ... HOW? XDDDD

And I've never seen so many. .w.

[AboutMANOWAR]

@AnthropomorphdSkunk what I actually said was "The thing is becoming heavy" in reference to the fin with all the manowars on it

[YouAreABunghole]

BEAR GRYLLS: Community Service

[aguilaix]

how you can enjoy beach if it's full of that animals?

[f16tuga]

yeah portugal is invading US cool ...

you know we cant use our army beacuse economic crysis .

its alot cheaper use portuguese manowars in combat .

LOL heheh

[Zachbro39]

I remember going to the beach here and not paying attention to the fact that there were dead man of war everywhere on the beach yet i proceeded to enter the water. I felt a slight sting in my groin and should have taken that as a sign to get out lol. I waded further out and started receiving multiple stings and by that time i had a slight panic attack and proceed to "body surf" back to shore where i ended up surfing headfirst into more sting.. Wasnt a very pleasent day for me at all.

[JUNAID187]

What happens if they sting you?

[James747E]

@PunkdRebel

If you don't touch the tentacles your fine other wise good look lol.

[PunkdRebel]

So, if theyre so deadly...what are you doing picking them up barehanded and barefooted? :l

[ofunu]

@nico11119 Of course you can! What you must watch for is the tentacles.

[nico11119]

@ofunu you can't call me idiot, i am a expert in animals, the physalia physalis is very poisonous, but if you are carefull, do you can to catch a portuguese man o war from the top??? i did not know

[ofunu]

@nico11119 Idiot, they are real animals called "Man o' War" which scientific name is Physalia physalis. They are poisonous, although only deadly in big doses. Before claiming something is fake, do some research; lest you make an ass out of yourself.

[Chivowey]

@AnthropomorphdSkunk "This is becomming heavy"