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    The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore with a gas-filled head used as a sail. It has a single tentacle called the gastrozooid that captures small fish, plankton, worms and crustaceans as food. While its sting can occasionally kill humans, scientists have not officially classified it as a species. As a scientist, the author would develop a vaccine to protect humans from the painful sting, which prevents swimming in beaches inhabited by Portuguese man o' wars.

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    The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore with a gas-filled head used as a sail. It has a single tentacle called the gastrozooid that captures small fish, plankton, worms and crustaceans as food. While its sting can occasionally kill humans, scientists have not officially classified it as a species. As a scientist, the author would develop a vaccine to protect humans from the painful sting, which prevents swimming in beaches inhabited by Portuguese man o' wars.

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    Portuguese Man O' War

    Uploaded by

    Roketelo Tierno
    The Portuguese man o' war is a siphonophore with a gas-filled head used as a sail. It has a single tentacle called the gastrozooid that captures small fish, plankton, worms and crustaceans as food. While its sting can occasionally kill humans, scientists have not officially classified it as a species. As a scientist, the author would develop a vaccine to protect humans from the painful sting, which prevents swimming in beaches inhabited by Portuguese man o' wars.

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    Portuguese man

    o’ war
    Scientific name

    Physalia physalis

    2
    Common name

    Portuguese man
    o' war

    3
    Diet

    Small fish, plankton,


    worms, and
    crustaceans.

    4
    Distribution

    5
    The portuguese man o’ war is known as a
    siphonophore, NOT as a jellyfish. Its head
    is filled up with gas, it’s used as a sail to
    catch the wind, there’s only 1 tentacle
    named the gastrozooid, it’s the one that
    swallows up food. The sting of this animal
    hurts a lot and its known for occasionally
    killing humans

    6
    The portuguese man o’ war isn’t considered a
    species in this moments but it hasn’t
    officially been rated.

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    If i were a scientist, I would
    make a vaccine for humans
    against the sting of the animal,
    as in a lot of beaches you can’t
    go swimming as there are a lot
    of Portuguese man o wars

    8
    Thanks for
    your attention

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