The biggest portuguese Man O' War ever caught on tape

The Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis), also known as the bluebottle, man-of-war, or the Portuguese man of war, is a jelly-like, marine invertebrate of the family Physaliidae. The common name comes from a Portuguese war ship type of the 15th and 16th century, the man-of-war or caravel (in Portuguese, Caravela), which had triangular sails similar in outline to the bladder of the Portuguese Man o' War. While the Portuguese Man o' War resembles a jellyfish, it is in fact a siphonophore -- a colony of four kinds of minute, highly modified individuals, which are specialized polyps and medusoids.[1] Each such zooid in these pelagic colonial hydroids or hydrozoans has a high degree of specialization and, although structurally similar to other solitary animals, are all attached to each other and physiologically integrated rather than living independently. Such zooids are specialized to such an extent that they lack the structures associated with other functions and are therefore dependent for survival on the others to do what the particular zooid cannot do by itself. A similar group of animals are the chondrophores, which are specialised hydroids that float at the surface of the open ocean. The Portuguese Man o' War is infamous for having a painful sting, and for swarming in many hundreds.

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[jjnnerazor]

TENTACRUEL

[xXTyroneBiggumsXx]

@CuddlyBadger It's one of the most painful stings a jellyfish can muster, also I believe it's deadly.

[mikeydudeism]

relax these things cant kill you at all unless you have an allergic reaction, i live in Australia and most of summer there is thousands in the water, i dont think ive made it through a year without being stung atleast 3 times. one even wrapped around my neck, they cant sting your fingertips so you just pull it off and ignore the pain, dont even hurt that much actually.

[Loco4everHolmes]

Those tentacles can grow to 15 meters.. Imagine that you're swimming in the ocean, and suddenly you've touched something and burns.. and you get in a shock.. can't move ur body.. and drowns.. And you don't know what have hit you..

[CuddlyBadger]

Is the sting poison or what? Surely there must be some jackass dumb enough to get stung on camera!

[rupertswinton]

wow, imagine getting stung by that beast

[aldino1991]

fkkkkkkkkk datz crazy shit bro hahaha, mad vid cuz

[Metalmoshqueen666]

wauw thanx for the info on it. Kool creatuers. Very.

[marvelmax03191]

careful poking it... remember what happened to that old dude in Blob?

[TheBserk]

damn if that thing wrapped around somebody...