Portuguese Man-of-War | World's Weirdest

The Portuguese man-of-war is a super-organism: a colony of tiny animals that form a very menacing predator.

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Portuguese Man-of-War Animal Profile

Portuguese Man-of-War | World's Weirdest

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[lucasdavis]

This is how I would've made "Finding Nemo;" No cutesy kiddie crap; just straight-up terrifying horror.

[HansenSWE]

These things originate from southern Europe and has spread to South America, to Africa and all the way over to China and Japan.
They amassed substantial amount of wealth during these trading and colonizing endeavors, so its not so strange they just hang out, lazily in the waters nowadays.

[brnleague]

A friend of mine and I used to joke than Man O Wars communicated by squeaking. This cracked us up more than it should've. We used to say we'd go fishing in a small boat and be surrounded by squeaking Man O Wars. They don't seem to squeak, however.... :)

[thespianxx]

I still felt bad for that poor fishy :c

[aileenghobadi]

just got stung by a live one in Oahu and it was the WORST pain I have ever experienced in my life. Arm started to feel paralyzed 2 hours after the bite. And the sting areas become welts that showed up again 5 days later. The healing is literally a week long process. So much more respect for the ocean.

[mrxxbrian]

jellyfishes have got to be the most underrated animal on the planet. some can technically live forever by recycling organs while this fella is a whole colony! thats just cray

[aajajajhhhg]

I think they're fascinating, how they produce gas to float and they are made from multiple orgnisms. They're have such vibrant and amazing colours!

[InfiniteUniverse]

So this is what the Romans meant by "here be dragons."

[tobiobitouchiha]

This is why my favorite channel is nat geo wild

[cactuslietuva]

"man-of-war" was one of the biggest naval war ships back in 18 century. Maybe because of the top that looks like a sail and the buttom tentacles consisted of a lot of deadly poision (cannons) it was cold the man-of-war. Dont you think?

[NizarNoor]

Can you imagine, you're fated to specialise solely in eating for your entire whole life...

[slime]

I've been stung by one of these, screamed for help through my snorkel whilst being temporarily paralysed, forced into agony absolutely horrible creature I can't explain how much it hurt.

[nathanieldeleon]

I was learning about this at school today

[patriciaroberts]

My mother was strung by one. It was horrible.

[ham]

I got stung by one of these in Florida and that shit hurt

[BiselGuy]

In Portugal we call it "Caravela Portuguesa", literally translated as "Portuguese Caravel", because of the thing in the top of the body that looks like a sail, a name that makes much more sense then "man-of-war" if you ask me...

[juntow]

I unlocked dark matter for my Man O War 😋

[RokeorDie]

These things hurt like hell! Got stung last week

[Ìgwèbúíké]

As the guys was explaining the *zoids* (dont know if I wrote dat correctly😂) I felt like they are cells that think independently but also coexist as A hive mind of some sort

[vibratingwithmotion]

We see these things on the beaches down in Hawaii sometimes, I've seen entire beaches close down because of these little guys floating around near shore. Sometimes they end up in the sand and get burried until they look like little bubbles.