The natural history of the Portuguese man-of-war is presented in this program, which shows the organism as a typical member of the phylum Cnidaria and as a complex colonial organism. The program also examines feeding behavior and looks at the predators that attack the Portuguese man-of-war despite its dangerous tentacles. (11 minutes)

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