Uh-Oh

I remember as a kid seeing pictures of the Portuguese Man-O-War, that tropical terror that resembles an old sailing ship.

Photo by Ray Ewing from the Vineyard Gazette

I read about the dangers it presents to swimmers on tropical shores with its long tentacles full of stinging cells.  I was curious about how all of these different types of animals lived together as a single organism (not knowing then that the human body is a colonial being also).


But I never expected to see one, as I don't hang around tropical shores.

Now, thanks to the climate change that certain politicians are paid to deny exists, beaches on Martha's Vineyard, in the cold North Atlantic, have been closed to swimmers because of this once-tropical animal.  

These are not the first, and definitely not the only, tropical dangers moving north with increasing atmospheric temperatures.

More news here:  https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2013/06/12/portuguese-man-war-warnings-posted-south-facing-beaches