portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis), belize

if someone knows whether this is indeed a portuguese man o' war, i would love to hear from him/her. we heard it was a by-the-wind sailor. what the hell?!?!

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Pets & Animals

Tags:

• glover's
• reef
• snorkeling
• belize
• portuguese
• man
• o'
• war

[ramadi111]

in response to hurricane: while we were in belize, someone found one washed up on the island we stayed on (glover's reef). perhaps they are common. for martha: this one had all its tentacles either retracted or missing. i wonder why this was...

[ramadi111]

off of glover's reef, belize. it's a coral atoll about 30 miles off the coast.  neat place.

[googeju]

Extremely dangerous hobby you have there - in a boat quite a way from shore - the tentacles from these things can be as long as 30 metres and can spread out in all directions - and can kill. Don't play with them ok?

[twillyben10]

Wow ur lucky dat u did not die...........

[PG1337ify]

@ramadi111 maybe a turtle did eat all its tentacles

[HurlumMedia]

From what i´ve read, the poison itself isnt life threatening, however it is dangerous for swimmers etc due to the immense pain it causes. If im not mistaken, the poison was also paralyzing. ¨

It Does look like the man-of-war, but who am i to judge? :)

[the1randomdud3]

@googeju I picked one up, nothing happened to me, well by that flab thingy it has.

[DoomMaster307]

No problem.

Also if you want to know more check wikipedia.Its has alot of simple and quite usefull information abou the things.Also has some good ways to reduce the pain from wen your stung by one.

[iceburg008]

thx!

[DoomMaster307]

Ok .

The man o war is 4 organisms working together as one .

1 for the stings.

1for the digestion.

1for reproduction

1 for moving.

But they lack strenght and so they relly on the wind to move them.

Also many people say that these things can kill you but it rarely happens.

This summer i got stung by one and it seriously hurt like hell but wasnt life trethning.And ive still got the scars to prove it :D

[iceburg008]

wow u studdy them me 2 can u tell me soemthings about it plz