If you are a regular visitor to Juhu beach, be extra alert, as the venomous but beautiful Portuguese Man O’ War has been sighted there in the past two days. Experts working in the field of marine conservation said visitors to the beach need to take precautions in order to avoid getting stung by the siphonophore which is mistaken for a jellyfish. A siphonophore is a colony of free-swimming or floating, marine hydrozoans.

Shaunak Modi, a member of Marine Life of Mumbai (MLoM) said, “The past few days of strong onshore winds have brought the yearly monsoon visitors back to our shores. Thousands of Portuguese Man O’ War are stranded at Juhu beach.”