Originally posted by Uncle Joe
Isnt it a Portugese Man of War?
The same applies as in my post above. A Portuguese man-of-war has long tentacles, granted, but not so big around. I've seen them in the waters around
Hawaii. They are impressive, but nowhere near that massive.
Actually, the Portuguese man-of-war is not a single marine animal, but it is a
colonial hydroid, consisting of a large colony of smaller marine organisms. The blue-bottle gets its name from the body, which really is a large, gas-
filled, bladder-like blue float, that can be up to 30 centimeters in length and rise above the water as much as 15 centimeters. Clusters of colonial
polyps are attached to the underside of the blue bladder, and very long tentacles (sometimes up to 10 meters in length) extend from each of the
polyps.