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Portuguese man o' war

Physalia physalis
Malunga negama: 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
Kufuna ugqirhaMusa ukuchukumisaKunqabile ukuba sibulale, kodwa ukuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha.
Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo Ii-tentacle ezihlabayoSitya: Inyama
Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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

Sihlala
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans; drifts with winds and currents and can be washed onto beaches.1
uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandle lweMeditera, uLwandle lweKharibhiya, iGulf yaseMexico
Ekhaya
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
Ubude
15 cm (5,9 in)3
ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo besilwanyana esikhulileyo
Esona santya siphezulu
malunga ne-1 km/h (0,62 mph)
Ukuqubha, uqikelelo nje
Sitya ntoni?
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
Ngokwenene!Ifoto ka-Portuguese man o' war
Portuguese man o' war. Ifoto: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

Indlela yokusiqaphela

  • 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

Sidla ngokubhidaniswa no: It superficially resembles a jellyfish, but it is a siphonophore, a colonial animal made of many smaller units called zooids.1

Amandla etyhefu yokuluma nokuhlaba

Ii-tentacle ezihlabayo

Amawaka eeseli ezincinci ezihlabayo ziyadubula xa kukho into ezichukumisayo.

Ityhefu yaso yokuluma okanye yokuhlaba yenza ntoni?

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

Siyingozi kangakanani ebantwini?

Ingozi ebantwini: Kubi kakhuluUkuhlatywa kufuna ugqirha. Ukufa kunqabe kakhulu.

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

Senza ntoni xa soyika?

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

Ukuba siyahlaba

  • Phuma emanzini kwaye ususe naziphi na ii-tentacle (ngeiglavu okanye ngelaphu).
  • Kwiijelifishi zebhokisi (box jellyfish) zasetropiki: thela iviniga kwiindawo ezihlatyiweyo ubuncinane imizuzwana engama-30, biza uncedo kwaye ulungele ukwenza i-CPR. Kwii-bluebottle nakwezinye ezininzi: hlambulula ngamanzi olwandle, emva koko usebenzise amanzi ashushu ngenxa yeentlungu.

Soloko utsalela inombolo kaxakeka kuqala (112, 000, 911). Esi sisikhokelo soncedo lokuqala ngokubanzi, asilocebiso lwezonyango. Iziseko zoncedo lokuqala

Hlala ukhuselekile

  • Ungaze uchukumise, ubambe okanye uqhule isilwanyana sasendle, nokuba sincinci, kwaye nokuba sibonakala silele okanye sifile.
  • Sinike indawo. Ukuba udibana naso, hlala uzolile, buyela umva kancinci kwaye usiyeke sihambe ngendlela yaso.
  • Ukuba siyakuhlaba: hlala uzolile, musa ukushukuma, tsalela inombolo kaxakeka (112, 000, 911) okanye uye esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza. Khumbula ukuba sasikhangeleka njani, ifoto iyanceda.

Asikuzingeli. Sisebenzisa ityhefu yaso ukubamba ukutya okanye ukuzikhusela, kwaye singakhetha ukuzimela. Okungakumbi malunga nokuhlala ukhuselekile

Sikhulu kangakanani?

Side kangakanani?

Portuguese man o' war malunga ne-15 cm ubude (5,9 in)Ifowuni ehlakaniphileyo malunga ne-15 cm (5,9 in)Ibhanana malunga ne-18 cm (7,1 in)
ubude obulingana neebhloko zokudlala zokwakha eziyi-5 zilandelelanasingaqubha ubude bechibi elikhulu lokuqubha (50 m) ngemizuzwana eyi-180

U-Portuguese man o' war mkhulu kangakanani xa uthelekisa NAWE?

Zizibalo nje kwibhrawuza yakho. Akukho nto igcinwayo okanye ithunyelwa naphi na.

Sikhawuleza kangakanani?

kufanelekile ukwazi

Iinyaniso

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

Umqhekezi weentsomi

Intsomi: It is a jellyfish.

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

Kwiingcali zetyhefu

Igama lenzululwazi
Physalia physalis
Iqela
Iijelifishi nezinye izilwanyana zaselwandle ezihlabayo
Usapho
Physaliidae2
Ucwangco
Siphonophorae
Amazwekazi
uLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, uLwandlekazi lwePasifiki, uLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uLwandle lweMeditera, uLwandle lweKharibhiya, iGulf yaseMexico, Iilwandlekazi
Iintsana
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
Ingozi ebantwini
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Apho iinyaniso zivela khona

  1. Portuguese man o' war (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Physalia physalis (iNaturalist): amagama nokuhlelwa.
  3. Venom Wiki: inqanaba lengozi, ubungakanani obuqhelekileyo noqikelelo lwesantya zezethu. Bona indlela esizifumana ngayo: Indlela esilinganisa ngayo ingozi.

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