Portuguese Man of war washed up on a beach

[vetteguy53081]

What a pretty sight but man. . . I would not approach this thing even on the sand!

Enjoy:

 

[Reefing_addiction]

So reef safe with caution?

 

[JoJosReef]

So reef safe with caution?

Thanks, that made me lol in my Uber

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Thanks, that made me lol in my Uber

My job is done. Bed time!

 

[MrGisonni]

Biologist think they are actually some strange type of cooperative colonial animal. BTW

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Looks like a inflatable peacock

 

[Gumbies R Us]

When I was a kid, I used to be fascinated with these creatures whenever I saw them in books or on TV.

 

[exnisstech]

That is a very strange looking creature. I've never seen anything like it. It doesn't really look alive. Looks like a balloon of some sort.

 

[rhitee93]

When I was a kid, I used to be fascinated with these creatures whenever I saw them in books or on TV.

Me too! This is the first animal I remember being totally obsessed with. (Well, other than dinosaurs) My mom bought me these encyclopedic books about various parts of the animal kingdom each month and the one on oceans had a two-page article on these. I drove people crazy for months talking about them...

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Me too! This is the first animal I remember being totally obsessed with. (Well, other than dinosaurs) My mom bought me these encyclopedic books about various parts of the animal kingdom each month and the one on oceans had a two-page article on these. I drove people crazy for months talking about them...

This is the book I always read as a kid. Similar to an encyclopedia book. I had this and I think I might have done a subscription to Zoobooks as a kid, can't remember

 

[JTP424]

Poke it with a stick!

Okay but in seriousness don't...

 

[Reefing102]

If they could film it, why didn’t they just pick it up and put it back in the ocean? Heartless people! It’s like they think it stings or something

Joking aside, that was one I was fascinated with when little. Saw it in a school science book and yea

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Was a reef chemistry question of the day, but notably, some of the gas in the air bladder is carbon monoxide produced by the animal. Very unusual in the animal world.

 

[kevgib67]

I came on here looking for the punchline, a while back, I think it was Rev had a thread, I saw a man walking a clam on the beach, thought this was the same but @Reefing_addiction provided it, lol.

 

[Reefing_addiction]

I came on here looking for the punchline, a while back, I think it was Rev had a thread, I saw a man walking a clam on the beach, thought this was the same but @Reefing_addiction provided it, lol.

You are very welcome!

 

[Reefing_addiction]

That is a very strange looking creature. I've never seen anything like it. It doesn't really look alive. Looks like a balloon of some sort.

Inflatable peacock

 

[exnisstech]

Inflatable peacock

With extremely long poisonous tendrils
"These long, thin tendrils can extend 165 feet in length below the surface, although 30 feet is the average. They are covered in venom-filled nematocysts used to paralyze and kill fish and other small creatures. For humans, a man-of-war sting is excruciatingly painful but rarely deadly"

 

[Reefing_addiction]

With extremely long poisonous tendrils
"These long, thin tendrils can extend 165 feet in length below the surface, although 30 feet is the average. They are covered in venom-filled nematocysts used to paralyze and kill fish and other small creatures. For humans, a man-of-war sting is excruciatingly painful but rarely deadly"

But they are sooo pretty I wanna pet it and call it George!

 

[stE25wy14]

Looks like a inflatable peacock

some people learned that the hard way

its a new target pool inflatable XD

 

[kevgib67]

But they are sooo pretty I wanna pet it and call it George!