Explore the Fascinating World of the Blue Bottle (Physalia utriculus) (00016685)

❮ Dangerous Beauty: The Blue Bottle Floating on the Water Surface ❯
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Description: The Blue Bottle (Physalia utriculus) is a fascinating yet highly dangerous marine creature. With its striking blue-violet gas bladder and tentacles reaching up to 10 meters in length, extreme caution is advised. Learn more about this unique organism and the life-threatening consequences of an encounter. A careless touch of its nematocysts can lead to respiratory failure and cardiac arrest.

Location: Western Cape, Küste Gansbaai, South Africa

Date of Capture: 17.08.2005