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Blue button

Porpita porpita
Amul lorAmul lor ci nit. Amul lu la war a jaaxal.
Méduse ak mbindeefi géej yuy jam Tentacule yuy jamDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

The blue button is a small sea creature that floats on the surface of warm oceans. It looks like a jellyfish, but it is really a colony of tiny animals called polyps. Its sting is not powerful, but it can cause slight skin irritation.1

Dafay dund ci
Warm tropical and subtropical Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Arabian Sea1
Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Mbàmbulaanu End, Géeju Karayib, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Golfu Bengal
Kër
It lives on or near the surface of the sea and drifts with the currents and wind. Recent reports describe large numbers washing up along coastlines in Japan, and increases in the Ionian and Adriatic seas.1
Guddaay
3 cm (1,2 in)1
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 0,36 km/h (0,22 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
It is a passive drifter, so it relies on currents and wind to bring food. It mainly feeds on copepods and crustacean larvae, and it can also hunt active crustaceans such as crabs and fish.1
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Blue button
Blue button. Foto: Bruce Moravchik (NOAA). Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • A round, almost flat, hard golden brown float about one inch (2.5 cm) wide1
  • Bright blue turquoise to yellow polyps hanging from the float1
  • Blue strands with knobs of stinging cells at the tips1
  • Looks similar to a jellyfish, but each 'individual' is a colony of polyps1

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It looks superficially like a jellyfish. It is related to Velella and to the Portuguese man o' war, which are also colonial animals that float on the surface.1

Kàttanu daŋar

Tentacule yuy jam

Junniy cellule yu ndaw-ndaw yuy jam dañuy fetti su dara laalee leen.

Lan la daŋar biy sóob di def?

It has stinging cells called nematocysts at the tips of its tentacle-like strands. The sting is not powerful and may cause slight irritation to human skin.1

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: WoyofNi jamu yamb walla lu ko yées. Lu jege, amul lor ci nit.

The sting is not powerful and may cause slight irritation. In recent years, the first recorded case of contact dermatitis (a skin rash caused by contact) from this species was reported in Japan.1

Su jamee

  • Génn ci ndox mi te dindi tentacule yi (ak gant walla ab tissu).
  • Ci méduse-boîte yu tropik: tuuru vinaigre ci fa mu jam, 30 segond lu mu néew néew, woo ndimbal te pare ngir def RCP (massage cardiaque). Ci galère portugaise ak lu ëpp ci yeneen yi: raxas ak ndoxu géej, ginnaaw gi ndox mu tàng ngir metit wi.

Saa su nekk, woo jëkk sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911). Lii ay ndigal yu yaatu ci ndimbal yu jëkk la, du ndigalu doktoor. Li war a xam ci ndimbal yu jëkk

Sàmmal sa bopp

  • Bul laal mukk, bul jàpp, bul sonal ab rab bu àll, doonte bu ndaw la, te doonte dafa mel ni dafa nelaw walla dafa dee.
  • May ko bérab. Su nga ko gisee, dalal, dellu ginnaaw ndànk-ndànk te bàyyi ko mu dem yoonam.
  • Su benn jamee la: dalal, bul yëngu, woo sa nimerob urgence (112, 000, 911) walla dem lopitaan ci gaaw. Bul fàtte ni mu meloon, ab nataal dina dimbali.

Du la wut. Dafay jëfandikoo daŋaram ngir jàpp lu muy lekk walla ngir aar boppam, te nëbbu moo ko gën a neex. Yeneen ci ni ngay sàmme sa bopp

Ni mu réye?

Ni mu guddoo?

Blue button guddaayam lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab trombone lu tollu ci 3 cm (1,2 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)
guddu na lu tollu ci trombone

Blue button ni mu réye ci wetu YOW?

Ay waññ rekk ci sa navigateur. Dara du denc te dara du yónnee fenn.

Ni mu gaawe?

baax na xam

Xibaar

1

Each apparent individual is actually a colony of hydrozoan polyps, not a single animal.1

2

Young Malabar trevally fish shelter under the floats and panic when removed from them.1

3

Young Malabar trevally fish appear to prefer a particular colony and will return to their own partner when separated and put back in the same tank.1

4

It is preyed on by sea slugs known as blue dragons and by violet sea-snails of the genus Janthina.1

5

The blue button has a single mouth under its float, which it uses for both eating and removing waste.1

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: A blue button is a single jellyfish-like animal.

Dëgg: Each blue button is a colony of hydrozoan polyps, which are related to anemones, corals and jellyfish.1

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Porpita porpita
Mbooloo
Méduse ak mbindeefi géej yuy jam
Njaboot
Porpitidae2
Toftal
Anthoathecata
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Mbàmbulaanu End, Géeju Karayib, Géeju Timor ak Arafura, Golfu Bengal, Mbàmbulaan yi
Musiba ci nit
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Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Porpita porpita (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Porpita porpita (iNaturalist): tur ak ni ñu leen séddale.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolluwaayu musiba bi, réyaay bu yem bi ak xalaatu gaawaay bi, nun ñoo leen defar. Seetal ni nu leen waññe: Ni nuy natte musiba.

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