\n A Portuguese man o’war, known for its painful sting, has been seen in the water off Calshot beach with New Forest District Council warning residents and beach goers.\n<\/p>\n
\n The sighting comes in the wake of recent weather, which has increased the likelihood of encountering these creatures.\n<\/p>\n
\n A Portuguese man o’war spotted at Milford-on-Sea (Image: New Forest District Council)\n<\/p>\n
\n The council urged the public is urged to steer clear of these creatures, even if they appear dead, as their long tentacles can still sting for weeks after washing ashore.\n<\/p>\n
\n Its sting is rarely fatal to humans but can cause welts on the skin and also puts dogs at risk.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Marine Conservation Society’s website can be used to report jellyfish sightings, which help monitor ocean health.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Portuguese Man o’ War is mostly found in tropical and subtropical seas and is rarely fatal to humans, but can cause skin welts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Portuguese man o’war, known for its painful sting, has been seen in the water off Calshot beach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-686171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}