Bluebottle Jellyfish (Physalia physalis) From: (joolz)
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Misc Animals - HW_-_Portuguese_Man_of_War_jt.jpg
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 12:43:44 GMT
HW_-_Portuguese_Man_of_War_jt
Floating at the surface and supported by a bladder of gas, the Portuguese
man-of-war is a colony of individuals each doing a particular job; there are
those that catch food, others that digest it, some to keep the colony afloat,
and yet others that look after reproduction. The food catchers have tentacles
trailing 30ft (10m) below the bladder and they can deliver a toxin chemically
similar to the venom of a cobra.
From 'Hunters of the Wild' by Michael Bright subtitled 'hunting animals and
their strategies'.
