Portuguese Man O War

• ‘Otherworldly’ Portuguese man o’ war becoming more common on Nova Scotia’s inshore

  Boris Worm, a biology professor at Dalhousie University who studies marine conservation and biodiversity, called the subtropic creature “absolutely fascinating and otherworldly.”

  Environment

  Jul 8, 2024
  
• 7-year-old stung by Portuguese man o’ war on Lawrencetown Beach

  “We’re all looking at her hand and she has tentacles, blueish-grey tentacles, wrapped around all of her fingers.”

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2020
  
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• Pretty, yet painful: Rare ‘blue dragons’ wash up on Texas beach

  The inch-long 'blue dragon' sea slug can sting harder than a Portuguese man-o-war.

  Trending

  May 11, 2020