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Portuguese man o' war

Physalia physalis
Ku linnya: The name comes from the man-of-war, a sailing warship, because the float looks like the Portuguese caravel (a sailing ship) under full sail.1
Kyetaaga omusawoTokwatakoTekitera kutta, naye okubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo.
Jellyfish n'ebibojja eby'ennyanja Ebiwuuzi ebibojjaKirya: Ennyama
Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

The Portuguese man o' war looks like a jellyfish, but it is actually a colony of many tiny linked animals that work together as one. It drifts on the surface of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, and its long tentacles sting prey. Its sting is painful to people, and in some cases it can kill them.1

Kibeera mu
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans; drifts with winds and currents and can be washed onto beaches.1
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Ekikono kya Mekisiko
Awaka
It lives on the surface of the water, as part of a group of animals called the neuston. Winds can blow it into bays or onto beaches, where beachgoers are most likely to meet it. A man o' war found on a beach may lead to the beach being closed.1
Obuwanvu
15 cm (5,9 in)3
obunene obwa bulijjo obw'ensolo enkulu
Embiro ezisinga
nga 1 km/h (0,62 mph)
Okuwuga, kuteebereza bwokka
Kirya ki?
It traps and paralyses prey with its venomous tentacles, then reels the prey in to its digestive zooids. It mainly eats small fish, molluscs, small crustaceans and zooplankton.1
Ddala!Ekifaananyi kya Portuguese man o' war
Portuguese man o' war. Ekifaananyi: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Engeri y'okukitegeera

  • A gas-filled bladder called the pneumatophore floats on the surface and acts as a sail.1
  • Long tentacles, which can reach over 30 m, hang below the surface.1
  • The float can be up to 30 cm long, 13 cm wide and 15 cm tall.1
  • Groups can be large, sometimes over 1,000 animals.1
  • The sail may be left- or right-handed, depending on the way the wind catches it.1

Kitera okutabulwa ne: It superficially resembles a jellyfish, but it is a siphonophore, a colonial animal made of many smaller units called zooids.1

Amaanyi g'obusagwa

Ebiwuuzi ebibojja

Enkumi n'enkumi z'obutoffaali obutono obubojja zikuba ekintu bwe kizikwatako.

Obusagwa bwakyo bukola ki?

Its tentacles carry nematocysts, tiny coiled, thread-like stingers that inject venom on contact. The venom can paralyse small fish and other prey. The sting is powerful enough to kill fish, crustaceans and, in some cases, humans.1

Kirina akabi kenkana wa eri abantu?

Akabi eri abantu: Kya maanyiOkubojjebwa kwetaaga omusawo. Okufa kubaawo kitono nnyo.

Its stings are painful and it is well known to beachgoers. In some cases the sting can kill humans. Large groups can also reduce fish populations and damage fishing supplies.1

Kikola ki nga kitidde?

When attacked at the surface, it can deflate its pneumatophore and temporarily submerge.1

Bwe kibojja

  • Va mu mazzi era ggyako ebiwuuzi (tentacles) byonna (ng'okozesa ggalavu oba olugoye).
  • Ku box jellyfish ez'omu bitundu ebibuguma: yiwa viniga ku bifo ebibojjeddwa okumala waakiri sikonda 30, kuba essimu okufuna obuyambi era beera mwetegefu okukola CPR. Ku bluebottles n'endala ezisinga: yozaayo n'amazzi g'ennyanja, oluvannyuma amazzi agookya olw'obulumi.

Bulijjo sooka kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911). Buno bulagirizi bwa bujjanjabi obusooka obwa bulijjo, si kuwabula kwa musawo. Obujjanjabi obusooka obw'omusingi

Weekuume

  • Tokwatako, tokwata wadde okusoomooza ensolo ey'omu nsiko, ne bw'eba ntono, era ne bw'eba erabika nga yeebase oba nga efudde.
  • Gireke n'ebbanga. Bw'osisinkana emu, beera mukkakkamu, dda emabega mpola era gireke egende mu kkubo lyayo.
  • Bw'emu ekubojja: beera mukkakkamu, totambula, kuba ennamba y'ebigwa bitalaze (112, 000, 911) oba tuuka mu ddwaliro mangu. Jjukira bwe yali efaanana, ekifaananyi kiyamba.

Tekikunoonya. Kikozesa obusagwa bwakyo okukwata emmere oba okwekuuma, era kyandisinze kwekweka. Ebirala ku kwekuuma

Kinene kyenkana wa?

Kiwanvu kyenkana wa?

Portuguese man o' war kiwanvu nga 15 cm (5,9 in)Essimu ey'omu ngalo (smartphone) nga 15 cm (5,9 in)Ndiizi nga 18 cm (7,1 in)
kiwanvu nga bbulooka 5 ez'okuzannyisa mu lunyiririkyandisobodde okuwuga obuwanvu bw'ekidiba ekinene (m 50) mu sikonda 180

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Ebituufu

1

It is not a single animal. It is a colony of zooids, all genetically identical, that work together like organs in one body.1

2

The blanket octopus is immune to its venom and uses broken tentacles as weapons.1

3

Its float can produce carbon monoxide, which makes up as much as 13% of the gas inside it.1

4

The loggerhead sea turtle eats it regularly, because its thick skin protects it from the stings.1

5

The man-of-war fish can live among its tentacles and feeds on them, while avoiding being stung.1

Omumenyi w'enfumo

Enfumo: It is a jellyfish.

Amazima: It only looks like a jellyfish. It is a siphonophore, a colony of many linked zooids.1

Ku bakugu mu busagwa

Erinnya erya ssaayansi
Physalia physalis
Ekibinja
Jellyfish n'ebibojja eby'ennyanja
Amaka
Physaliidae2
Ensengeka
Siphonophorae
Ssemazinga
Oseyani ya Atlantiki, Oseyani ya Pasifiki, Oseyani y'e Buyindi, Ennyanja ya Mediterenia, Ennyanja ya Karibiyani, Ekikono kya Mekisiko, Oseyani
Abaana abawere
Each colony is either male or female, and eggs or sperm are released into the water, where a fertilised egg develops into a planula (a free-swimming larva) that grows into a new colony.1
Akabi eri abantu
3 / 5: Kya maanyi3

Ebituufu we biva

  1. Portuguese man o' war (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia physalis (iNaturalist): amannya n'ensengeka y'ebika.
  3. Venom Wiki: omutendera gw'akabi, obunene obwa bulijjo n'okuteebereza kw'embiro bibyaffe. Laba engeri gye tubibalamu: Engeri gye tupimamu akabi.

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