Portuguese Man of war washed up at Orange Beach, AL
The news today is that Portuguese Man-of-war's aka. Phoenix praying mantises washed up at Phoenix on the Bay 2. (picture to left) They are very dangerous, they can sting even when they are dead! The Spang's and Slater's discovered this March 29th, 2009. Every one thought they were dead jellyfish. Sydney Slater picked one up so every one could touch it. Everyone actually did including the 3 year old Ellie Spang. Sydney Slater popped one. When we came back to the pool area we showed a man the picture we got of it and he said it was a Phoenix Praying Mantis. We corrected him to Portuguese Man-of-war. When we got home to the condo Dodie aka. Memaw freaked out because her husband once was stung by one. he could have had to go to the hospital. Then we all washed our hands, Sydney washed her leg because stuff flew all over it when she popped one. And after that we went to sleep.
Sydney Spang
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