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Portuguese man o' war

Physalia physalis
Ka lebitso: 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
E hloka ngakaO se ke wa amaHa e atise ho bolaya, empa ho hlajwa ho hloka ngaka.
Di-jellyfish le diphoofolo tsa lewatle tse hlabang Di-tentacle tse hlabangE ja: Nama
Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo hlajwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

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

E phela
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans; drifts with winds and currents and can be washed onto beaches.1
Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Mediterranean, Lewatle la Caribbean, Kgwohlo ya Mexico
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
15 cm (5,9 in)3
boholo bo tlwaelehileng ba e hodileng
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 1 km/h (0,62 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Foto ya Portuguese man o' war
Portuguese man o' war. Foto: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: It superficially resembles a jellyfish, but it is a siphonophore, a colonial animal made of many smaller units called zooids.1

Matla a chefo

Di-tentacle tse hlabang

Dikete tsa disele tse nyenyane tse hlabang di thunya ha ho na le se di amang.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E tebilengHo hlajwa ho hloka ngaka. Lefu le etsahala ka seoelo haholo.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e hlaba

  • Tswa metsing mme o tlose di-tentacle tsohle (ka ditlelafo kapa ka lesela).
  • Bakeng sa box jellyfish tsa tropike: tshela asene (vinegar) moo e hlabileng teng bonyane metsotswana e 30, bitsa thuso mme o itokisetse ho etsa CPR. Bakeng sa di-bluebottle le tse ding tse ngata: hlatswa ka metsi a lewatle, ebe ka metsi a tjhesang bakeng sa bohloko.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Portuguese man o' war bolelele ba e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)Banana e ka bang 18 cm (7,1 in)
e telele jwaloka diboloko tsa ho bapala tse 5 molenge ka sesa bolelele ba letangwane le leholo la ho sesa (50 m) ka metsotswana e 180

Portuguese man o' war e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

Ho senya ditshomo

Tshomo: It is a jellyfish.

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Physalia physalis
Sehlopha
Di-jellyfish le diphoofolo tsa lewatle tse hlabang
Lelapa
Physaliidae2
Tatelano
Siphonophorae
Dikontinente
Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Lewatle la Mediterranean, Lewatle la Caribbean, Kgwohlo ya Mexico, Mawatle
Masea
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
Kotsi ho batho
3 / 5: E tebileng3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Portuguese man o' war (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia physalis (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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