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Portuguese man o' war

Physalia physalis
Ci turam: 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
Soxla na doktoorBul laalLu néew la mu rey, waaye jam laaj na doktoor.
Méduse ak mbindeefi géej yuy jam Tentacule yuy jamDafay lekk: Yàpp
Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

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

Dafay dund ci
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans; drifts with winds and currents and can be washed onto beaches.1
Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu End, Géeju Mediteraane, Géeju Karayib, Golfu Meksik
Kër
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
Guddaay
15 cm (5,9 in)3
réyaayu mag bu yem
Gaawaay bu gën a kawe
lu tollu ci 1 km/h (0,62 mph)
Féey, xalaat
Lan lay lekk?
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
Dëgg-dëgg!Fotoy Portuguese man o' war
Portuguese man o' war. Foto: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ni ngay ko xàmmee

  • 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

Ñu ngi koy faral di jaxasoo ak: It superficially resembles a jellyfish, but it is a siphonophore, a colonial animal made of many smaller units called zooids.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?

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

Ni mu lore nit ñi?

Musiba ci nit: Lu bonJam laaj na doktoor. Ñi ciy dee dañoo néew lool.

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

Lan lay def bu tiitee?

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

Portuguese man o' war guddaayam lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)Ab smartphone lu tollu ci 15 cm (5,9 in)Ab banaana lu tollu ci 18 cm (7,1 in)
guddu na ni 5 bloku tabax yu ñu toftalemën na féey guddaayu pisin bu réy (50 m) ci 180 segond

Portuguese man o' war 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

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

Tasukatu léeb

Xalaat bu juum: It is a jellyfish.

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

Ngir boroom xam-xam ci daŋar

Turu xam-xam
Physalia physalis
Mbooloo
Méduse ak mbindeefi géej yuy jam
Njaboot
Physaliidae2
Toftal
Siphonophorae
Kontinaa yi
Mbàmbulaanu Atlantig, Mbàmbulaanu Pasifik, Mbàmbulaanu End, Géeju Mediteraane, Géeju Karayib, Golfu Meksik, Mbàmbulaan yi
Liir yi
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
Musiba ci nit
3 / 5: Lu bon3

Fa xibaar yi jóge

  1. Portuguese man o' war (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia physalis (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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