The unique form of jelly fish called the blue bottle jelly fish is seen in the waters of the coastal Australia and New Zealand. This fish can be quite fatal to humans at times and goes by another name 'Portuguese-man-o-war' as it is similar in appearance to a Portuguese battle ship with its sail. As the name signifies, it is blue in color and the various parts of its body are capable of performing different functions.

The blue bottle jelly fish is not just a single animal but is made of many groups of zooids. One part forms the stinging tentacles while another part consists of the feeding tentacles. All the various zooids collect together to form this special form of jelly fish. The blue bottle jelly fish uses its tentacles to catch fish and other smaller organisms that live under water for its food.

The blue bottle jellyfish is extremely dangerous when it comes in contact with man. They consider it as a danger and their attack is usually in self defense. The sting can be quite painful and to a certain extent fatal too. It causes severe allergy but there are chances of causing death as venom is released by it. The tentacles have the capability to release venom even after hours of detachment from the human body. The best way to save life is to wash the area stung by jellyfish by cold water.

Goi sua is the dried form of the blue bottle jelly fish. The people of Vietnam eat this form of the jelly fish. The customary way of cooking goi sua is with cucumber, shallot, ham, peanuts, shrimp, sauce, fish, salt, coriander and pepper. It is considered to be quite nutritious too and many people all over the world have developed a taste for it.

The above said dish is for the non- vegetarian lovers. But veggie lovers can add more veggies to it to make it a more healthy content using cabbage, carrots for goi sua. They will serve more nutrients and proteins to the flavor of the food as it is a combination of marine and plant eating animals.

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