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Bookmark or Share- 5 Facts about the Portuguese Man O’War - Ocean ConservancyThe Portuguese Man O’War’s inflated pneumatophore resembles the sail of a 18th-century Portuguese warship, which is where it got its unique name! The pneumatophore is typically a distinctive blue or purple color and can float half a foot above the ocean surface.
- 11 Fascinating Portuguese Man o' War Facts - Fact AnimalInteresting Portuguese Man o’ War Facts 1. It’s named after a dangerous ship. Between the 16 th and 19 th centuries, when humanity spent the most time blowing each other up in the ocean, a sufficiently big and powerful sail ship was known as a man-of-war, or man o’ war.
- 10 Facts About the Portuguese Man O’ War - Mental Floss1. The Portuguese man o’ war is not a jellyfish. The Portuguese man o’ war may look like a bloated jellyfish, but it’s actually a siphonophore —a bizarre group of animals that consist of...
- Portuguese Man o' War | OceanaThe Portuguese man o’ war is a highly venomous open ocean predator that superficially resembles a jellyfish but is actually a siphonophore. Each man o’ war is actually a colony of several small individual organisms that each have a specialized job and are so closely intertwined that they cannot survive alone.
- What is a Portuguese Man o’ War? - NOAA's National Ocean ServiceFacts. What is a Portuguese Man o’ War? The Man o’ War is a species of siphonophore, a group of animals that are closely related to jellyfish . The Portuguese man o’ war is recognized by its balloon-like float, which may be blue, violet, or pink and rises up to six inches above the water line.
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