Margaret Dunson found this rare stinging jelly fish-like colonial invertebrate normally found far at sea at the beach. "Luckily she did not pick it up since it is a beach-washed Portuguese man of war," said William Dunson, Margaret's husband and the Gasparilla Gazette Nature Walk columnist. "It probably was washed ashore by the strong winds we had (March 6). Photo credit: Bill Dunson
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Margaret Dunson found this rare stinging jelly fish-like colonial invertebrate normally found far at sea at the beach. “Luckily she did not pick it up since it is a beach-washed Portuguese man of war,” said William Dunson, Margaret’s husband and the Gasparilla Gazette Nature Walk columnist. “It probably was washed ashore by the strong winds we had (March 6). Photo credit: Bill Dunson


