These creepy cousins of the Portuguese man o war should be appreciated from afar.
This spaghetti monster, also called thread jellies, has the scientific name of Rhizophysa.
The gas filled float at the top looks like an eyeball at first glance, with long tentacles below.
Credit:Jace Tunnell/Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Siphonophores are colonial organisms consisting of numerous individual parts known as zooids.
They feed by stinging and paralyzing small fishes with their long, venomous tentacles.
Coming in contact with their tentacles can be extremely painful.
Tread carefully, yall!
