Why Portuguese Man O' War are coming to the UK…

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The UK seems to have experienced a huge increase in sightings of Portuguese Man O'War.
I've been taking a look at why, and what it means for our coastline.

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@hattyburrow716 5 ай бұрын

I found a Portuguese man of war on Llandudno beach in 1965. As I child I told my father who told someone who came and cordoned it off.. it was terrifying, ,huge.

@squirrelfrendotcom 7 ай бұрын

Your channel is amazing! I'm gonna wear my subscriber #389 badge proudly because you're on your way to 1M 🥳

@migueldoliveiracomposer 6 ай бұрын

12:00 Not quite. Tentaces can easily strech for 20 m, and are obvs underwater. Been stung couple times in Açores without any bladder in sight. Only spotted afterwards :/ Great videos on your channel - loved the one on white sharks

@elana137 6 ай бұрын

Your videos are amazing and you deserve more subscribers. ❤

@rowanbrown6376 6 ай бұрын

Great videos - really enjoying the mix of general and UK specific , thanks a lot

@henrysmith3268 6 ай бұрын

Just discovered your channel, and maaan you're underrated! Much love from Exeter!

@francus7227 6 ай бұрын

I was an ocean rescue guard for years in N.E. Florida. We get them when the winds are heavy out of the southeast. They blow in from The Gulf Stream. I've poured plenty of vinegar with treezers pulling tentacles off. I also surf, and I moved to Hawaii for four years. The winds are predominately easterly traded winds. The best waves are on the beaches where the winds are blowing off the beach, which keeps man-O-war from entering the swimming/surfing zone. But.... Sometimes, the only waves are wind generated waves on the eastern shores. Once ..... These waves were GREAT. But there were hundreds and hundreds of man-O-war. Uniquely..... the bladders were only about the size of a grape with just a single tentacle. It wasn't a problem paddle out or getting into position. But.... Once you start paddling fast to catch the wave, you're paddling too fast to see them or avoid them. Every wave you caught, the first 3-5 seconds of the ride was spent pulling off a mini man-O-war. After about an hour and a half, and 20-25 stings..... My fingers started having spastic twitches. That was about the time my buddies and I had had "ENOUGH !" and we went in. The place is called Goat Island. When it's good, it is a magical wave. Nice clip. I gave it and the Great White clip thumbs ups 👍 to feed the algorithm monsters.

@AG-en5y 20 күн бұрын

Gotta strengthen that boarder wall boy

@michellereilly979 4 ай бұрын

They are washing up on beaches along the Texas coast in the US this year also. I have seen them before, but it's been a long time and Texas water is warm most of the year. So water temp probably isn't the main reason.

@heathercook2915 6 ай бұрын

Unsure what species but in Devon Summer 2022, around a period of very warm weather, there were lots of jellyfish. Hailing from the nw, it's very rare to even see one washed up on our beaches up north

@kennethwoodley7409 6 ай бұрын

Seen then often on the North coast of Cornwall

@TheBoabby50 6 ай бұрын

#967 for me. Fascinating channel 😀

@MarineEmpires 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for your support, hit 1k today 🥳

@TheBoabby50 6 ай бұрын

Well deserved in my opinion@@MarineEmpires

@brandmotivo 6 ай бұрын

called blue bottles here in straya no need to worry... we get them all the time.

@Mike-kj8qg Ай бұрын

Portuguese Man O' War have been on our south coast beaches for decades... i saw hundreds of them washed ashore on Bognor Regis beac over 40 years ago. This Not a new phenomena!

@raybzht 6 ай бұрын

Rip headphone users, i can hear you taliking in 1 ear in stead of both. Can you fix that? In youre video about sharks visiting the UK the audio whas good

@gwrydd 6 ай бұрын

Why is the audio only in the left ear :/

@anthonyrodgers6613 6 ай бұрын

There not a jellyfish but at 04:10 it says they are... in the newspaper article 🙄

@MarineEmpires 6 ай бұрын

Yeah they always get incorrectly reported as jellyfish by the papers

@JackFrost008 6 ай бұрын

2024 is an el nino year. they don't swim. they exist.

@Svnfold 3 ай бұрын

Scary jellyfish

@papacilan4061 6 ай бұрын

If you stung by this just wash it by your own urine..

@rogergregory5981 6 ай бұрын

Nothing new thay have been in British waters for a long time probably always have and not just down south, up to Scotland as well

@TuberiderFPV 6 ай бұрын

When i was young we had loads of Man O'war on the beaches of Cornwall. 1976 during the Mirror world sailing comp at Llandudno in Wales, the entire bay had so many Jelly fish you could hardly sail. This is nothing new imo.

@charlesstewart9246 6 ай бұрын

I counted 250 man o wars at Mullranny in Co Mayo in the west of Ireland. In June 2023,over the period of 1 week. It was during the 'heatwave'🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌊🌅🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

@MarineEmpires 6 ай бұрын

Wow that’s a huge number! Must of been quite a sight

@charlesstewart9246 6 ай бұрын

@@MarineEmpires, it was a good days fishing cut very short. Its not the best but am hoping its not as bad this year. Its an area where there's a lot of surfing and watersport holidays resorts being promoted for the tourism trade. At 62 years old it was my second time seeing them. The last time was in the Clyde around 1976. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌅🌊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@tadhghayden7601 6 ай бұрын

Did this coinside with any named storms as is the conclusion of the data of this platforms analysis?