With a nickname of floating terror, the Portuguese man o' war and its tentacles are showing Wilmington area beachgoers that sharks and rip currents are not the only things they should watch out for while swimming in the ocean for Labor Day weekend. In In August, the Surf City Fire Department confirmed a sighting for the siphonophore (which resembles a jellyfish). One visitor was transported to the hospital by EMS workers for treatment. The tentacles have coiled stingers with powerful and painful toxin.

With a nickname of floating terror, the Portuguese man o' war and its tentacles are showing Wilmington area beachgoers that sharks and rip currents are not the only things they should watch out for while swimming in the ocean for Labor Day weekend. In In August, the Surf City Fire Department confirmed a sighting for the siphonophore (which resembles a jellyfish). One visitor was transported to the hospital by EMS workers for treatment. The tentacles have coiled stingers with powerful and painful toxin.

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