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Portuguese man o' war

Physalia physalis
Davart il num: 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
Dovra in mediBetg tutgarDarar mortal, ma ina piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi.
Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan Tentaclas che piztganMangia: Charn
Privel per umans: GravIna piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

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

Viva en
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans; drifts with winds and currents and can be washed onto beaches.1
Ocean Atlantic, Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Mediterran, Mar Caribic, Golf dal Mexico
Pagina iniziala
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
Lunghezza
15 cm (5,9 in)3
grondezza tipica d'in animal creschì
Sveltezza maximala
circa 1 km/h (0,62 mph)
Nudar, stima approximativa
Tge mangia el?
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
Propi!Foto da Portuguese man o' war
Portuguese man o' war. Foto: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Co renconuscher el

  • 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

Savens confundì cun: It superficially resembles a jellyfish, but it is a siphonophore, a colonial animal made of many smaller units called zooids.1

Forza dal tissi

Tentaclas che piztgan

Millis da pitschnas cellas urticantas sajettan, cura ch'insatge las tutga.

Tge fa ses tissi?

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

Quant privlus è el per umans?

Privel per umans: GravIna piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.

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

Tge fa el, cura ch'el ha tema?

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

Sch'el piztga

  • Va or da l'aua e prenda davent las tentaclas (cun manetschas u cun in tschop).
  • Tar medusas cubicas tropicalas: versa aschieu sin las piztgadas durant almain 30 secundas, clama agid e sajas pront da far ina reanimaziun. Tar galeras portugaisas e las bleras autras: lava cun aua da mar, lura cun aua chauda cunter las dolurs.

Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid

Resta en segirezza

  • Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
  • Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
  • Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.

El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza

Nua sin il mund?

AfricaAsiaEuropaAmerica dal NordAmerica dal SidAustralia ed OceaniaOcean PacificOcean AtlanticOcean IndicMar MediterranMar CaribicGolf dal Mexico

Quant grond è el?

Quant lung è el?

Portuguese man o' war circa 15 cm lung (5,9 in)In smartphone circa 15 cm (5,9 in)Ina banana circa 18 cm (7,1 in)
uschè lung sco 5 bluccs da construcziun in suenter l'auterpudess nudar la lunghezza d'in grond bassin (50 m) en 180 secundas

Quant grond è Portuguese man o' war cumpareglià cun TAI?

Mo matematica en tes navigatur. Nagut na vegn memorisà u tramess.

Quant svelt è el?

bun da savair

Fatgs

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

Destructur da mits

Mit: It is a jellyfish.

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

Per experts da tissi

Num scientific
Physalia physalis
Gruppa
Medusas ed autras creaturas da mar che piztgan
Famiglia
Physaliidae2
Urden
Siphonophorae
Continents
Ocean Atlantic, Ocean Pacific, Ocean Indic, Mar Mediterran, Mar Caribic, Golf dal Mexico, Ils oceans
Poppins
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
Privel per umans
3 / 5: Grav3

Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs

  1. Portuguese man o' war (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia physalis (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
  3. Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.

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