Talk:Portuguese Man O' War
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Is this spelled right or should it be "Portuguese man-of-war" or what? -phma
There's no consistency from various authorities doing a google check. But- A man o' war is a warship from the age of sail and the jellyfish was named after this so it definitely shouldn't be 'man of war'. I'm never very good with the capitalization business, I tend to do it unnecessarily and I think I've done that here too. So I'll move it.
I thought the sea wasp was a box jelly? Or are both called sea wasps (in which case the sea wasp page needs an edit)? Edd 23:09, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- My thought also: is not a sea wasp the highly poisonous Chironex fleckeri? Wetman 09:37, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I've corrected it; the actual synonym is blue bottle. The erroneous name was introduced here (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Portuguese_Man_O%27_War&diff=1202486&oldid=1202482), over a year ago by a user who went on to completely vandalise the page. I'm sorry I didn't catch it earlier, and thanks for bringing it up. -- Hadal 09:54, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
The Portuguese man o' war has tentacles which can be as long as 55 m (33 ft).
That can't be right??--Gazebo dude 04:46, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
- Update: That edit was made by 169.151.1.213 on 12:31, Feb 11, 2005, additionally that address is a school district with an apparent history of vandalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:169.151.1.213 . I'm new here; should this be reported and how?--Gazebo dude 04:58, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)
Just curious
What makes the Portugese Man o' War Jellyfish Portuguese? Is it really common in Portugal or something? I keep looking and I can't find the answer. Most books say it lives in "tropical waters"--hence no answer.
- When I've been on Bermuda, I've been told that it was named so because its sail looked like the sails of Portugese war ships of the time. I don't have a source for this, however. -- Cchiappa 13:38, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Grrrr. It's NOT a jellyfish.
