The town of Emerald Isle is warning beachgoers after Portuguese man o’ war were spotted along the shore. The town of Emerald ...

The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, an animal made up of ... in venom-filled nematocysts used to paralyze and kill fish and other small creatures. For humans, a man-of-war sting is ...

“If you have ever been stung by the tentacles of these siphonophores ... can deliver venom capable of paralyzing and killing ...

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