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  2013_03_11_FloridaKeys-10268-Edit2_800.jpg - We saw this Man-O-War in one of the tide pools on Scout Key. As pretty and colorful as they are they are very venomous. In some places even one washed up on the beach is enough for the entire beach to be closed. They are not truly jellyfish but rather 4 different colonial organisms living together so closely they can not be separated and survive. The "gas bag" is made up of seaerate types of polyps, the tentacles are a different type, as are those that digest the food caught by the tentacles. The fourth type of polyp is involved in reproduction.  
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We saw this Man-O-War in one of the tide pools on Scout Key. As pretty and colorful as they are they are very venomous. In some places even one washed up on the beach is enough for the entire beach to be closed. They are not truly jellyfish but rather 4 different colonial organisms living together so closely they can not be separated and survive. The "gas bag" is made up of separate types of polyps, the tentacles are a different type, as are those that digest the food caught by the tentacles. The fourth type of polyp is involved in reproduction. | 2013_03_11_FloridaKeys-10268-Edit2_800.jpg
Photographer: Hali J. Sowle | Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III | Date: 3/11/13 4:12 PM | ISO: 200 | Exp. Time: 1/30s | Aperture: 22.0 | Focal Length: 100.0mm | Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
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