GAMBIA: This Beautiful but DEADLY "Floating Terror" is on your beach!

don't be fooled like I was... I went home and did my research and this is what I found . "Portuguese man-of-war also known as the Floating Terror" have an extremely powerful sting that on rare occasions can kill they're not true jellyfish but colonies are hydrozoans lots of tiny marine organisms living together and behaving collectively as one animal they get their name from the balloon-like cell that floats above the water which was said to resemble a type of eighteenth-century worship beneath the surface trailing tentacle-like polyps can stretch 160ft the length of 5 London buses which they use to paralyze praise such a small fish the polyps can detach from the body of the man-of-war and float for several days while remaining venomous brushing against one can lead to an agonizing and potentially lethal sting a stranded Portuguese man-of-war looks a bit like a deflating purple balloon about the size of a Cornish Pastry with blue ribbons attached they drift going to ocean currents and every year they wash up in their thousands on beaches from Britain to Australia now their hair in The Gambia this thing's can kill especially if the victim goes into anaphylactic shock the Venom can travel to the lymph nodes and may cause symptoms that mimic an allergic reaction blocked Airways swollen larynx cardiac distress and difficulty breathing quite severe pain to humans and leave bright red whip-like welts on the skin for days afterwards if you see one even if it is dead do not touch it or pick it up