Portuguese Man-of-War
by Steve Templeton
Title
Portuguese Man-of-War
Artist
Steve Templeton
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
Portuguese Man-of-War is actually a colony of organisms, each with its special function. The gas-filled bubble or float is blue to pale purple and transparent. The long, thread-like tentacles can reach up to 15 meters and are armed with thousands of stinging cells called nematocysts. Some tentacles are short and straight and others are long and coiled. These Man-of-War float on currents and are washed up on Texas beaches during the spring to late summer. They are carnivorous, feeding on small fish and other small animals that get caught in the tentacles.
South Padre Island, near Brownsville, Tx is one of my happy places. The Laguna Madre bay lies on the West Side of the narrow island, and the Gulf of Mexico is on the East side. We try to visit every year in fall, when the crowds are diminished and we try our hardest to eat all the shrimp we can stomach. There are always multiple opportunities to photograph birds, sunsets, sunrises, boats, waves, etc. etc. It never gets old.
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September 20th, 2022
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