Portuguese man o' war

If ever there was a biological display, be it plant life or wildlife, that surely cemented God's wild tendencies and dynamic artistry it is, for me, without a doubt: The Portuguese Man o' War.

I once read that this remarkable species was proof, for a certainty, of The Lords technicolor tendencies, and one pot head even when so far as to state: "dude, this absolutely proves that The Man likes the good stuff... That's a clear case on where he falls on the whole, legal or not legal issue". The previously mentioned observer also made a further claim, that once I read a bit more about the specimen, I could not refuted: " If He's all knowable and stuff, than I'm sure he was listening to "The Dark side of the moon" Eons before Roger Waters thought it up, I bet dollars to donuts that Pink Floyd helped Him come up with that fella".

A bit about this rainbow colored

 beauty.

- Structure: although at first glace you might consider it a jellyfish, it is not. It is a siphonophore, which is onto itself a colonial organism made up of minute individuals called zooids. These "zooids" each have a specialty and a grant task to perform and, although, under careful examination they may look, and even pass off, structurally, as a solitary animal, they are themselves attached to their brothers and kinfolk. By their very being, and genetical makeup, they are unable to exist outside the "hive"; incapable of any sort of independent survival.

In other words, imagine each of this things, not as a single subject, but, as a vessel; each bottle-head gliding through the waters, like a strange dreamlike submarine, carrying a crew of professionals that depend on each other in order to navigate the ship and keep the oxygen, plus the necessary instruments to sustain life, operational.
It is also composed of four types of cylindrical shapes, known as polyp. One of this chambers, is filled with gas, and, in the event of a surface attack, it deflates, submerging the its whole body underwater.

- Taxonomy and Etymology: scientifically classified as Physalia physalis, it is know as either the
bluebottle or the Man of war, this last codename comes from an 18th century Portuguese navy ship (Caravela); at high sail it would resemble the creature.

- The venom: its sting can paralyze and even kill a person, yet few death occur yearly. Its toxin can produce whip like red welt on the skin, that can last for days after the initial encounter. One of the most terrifying aspects of this beast is the fact, that just like a worm, it's limps or tentacles are active, and deadly lethal, even after they have been severed from the prime host, and wash aimlessly adrift on the waves.

So there you have it, a quick walkthrough across one of natures weirdest animal... and quite possibly one of the most insane and kaleidoscopic designs on this earth.