Reports of man-of-wars washing ashore on Cape Fear beaches
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Reports of Portuguese man-of-wars washing up on Cape Fear-area beaches have been popping up on social media in recent days, but local officials said the arrival of large numbers of the beautiful, but dangerous jellies has yet to reach their ears.
“Portuguese man o’ wars all along the coast yesterday,” according to one Facebook posting earlier this week. “On every beach I hit up from North Topsail to Indian Beach, to Fort Macon and Emerald Isle.”
“They were all over the beach today, I saw several. They will hurt you!” stated another post this weekend from an Oak Island beachgoer.
But retired school administrator John Fahey, who surfs Pender County’s beaches several times a week, said he had yet to run across any.
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