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Your Name Fake Facts: 12 (Website Links on the bottom) Portuguese Man Of War zz114


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The Portuguese Man Of War is a type of ‍jellyfish‍. This jellyfish gets its name from a‍ war named The Man Of War.‍ These Man-Of-Wars can be found in groups of 1000 and ‍rarely‍ does it come up to the surface. Their tentacles can extend to over ‍200 ft‍. and are covered in venom filled nematocysts. Not only is this jellyfish deadly, but it is a colonial organism, meaning that it depends on their many organisms to help it survive. Each organism specializes in different things, such as floating or eating. The Portuguese Man-Of-War only has one mouth, though. They use their venom filled tentacles to capture their prey: fish and plankton. This sea creature isn't immune to everything though. The one thing that they're weak to is the Loggerhead turtle, the Man-of-War's predator.

**Habitat** ‍‍ Jellyfish can be found in the‍ Arctic ocean.‍ ‍They rarely come up to the surface and would rather stay deep underwater. They can be spotted at the coast of Antarctica.‍ They sometimes wash up on beaches but usually in groups, not by themselves. The Man-Of-War is found north of the Bay of Fundy and the Hebrides. Though the Man-of-War can be found anywhere in the ocean, it is usually in colder regions of the planet.

**Fun Facts**



A Man-of-War's sting is about 90% more powerful than a cobra's. Man-of-War's are ‍omnivores‍ This jellyfish is a ‍vertebrate‍ sting on humans are deadly dead, washed up Man-of-War's can still sting you The Man-Of-War's organisms lack the ability to survive alone

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[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portu][|guese_man_o'_war]

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[|http://www.kidzworld.com/article/1053-wild-things-portuguese-man-of-war#]

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