“Don’t Touch It: Blue Creature Found on Australian Beach”

A woman walking along a beach in southern Australia stumbled upon what appeared to be transparent, inflated plastic-like blobs with a bluish stripe along the side.

While strolling near the shoreline, she noticed several strange objects tangled among seaweed. Curious, she picked one of them up and quickly posted a photo on social media, asking if anyone knew what it was.

Within a short time, dozens of users responded, warning her to put it down immediately and not touch it with bare hands, explaining that it was a venomous marine creature. Do not touch them,” one commenter wrote.

Another warned that handling such creatures without protection was a bad idea. Several users identified the creature as a Portuguese man o’ war, a marine animal often mistaken for jellyfish.

The Portuguese man o’ war has long stinging tentacles that can reach up to three meters, which it uses to hunt plankton and small fish. contact with its tentacles can cause severe and painful stings.

Each year in Australia, between 10,000 and 30,000 stings from Portuguese man o’ war are reported.Vinegar or urine should never be used, as they can worsen the symptoms.