Homework Help: Science: Biology: Portuguese Man of War

What does it look like?

It looks like a jellyfish with tentacles from 10 to 100 feet long. I has no blood, skeleton, heart, brain, or vessels. It's head looks like a clear plastic bag with a faint purplish-blue color.

Where in the ocean can it be found?

It can be found floating on the surface of the ocean. It prefers warm waters throughout the world.

What does it eat?

It eats small fish that swim by it or get tangled in their tentacles. It gets the fish by stinging its prey with its 10 to 100 foot long tentacles releasing poison into the fish's body.

What eats it?

The Sun Fish, Loggerhead Turtle, and Hawksbill Turtle all feed on the Portuguese Man of War

Homework Help: Science: Biology

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