Port-man-o-war_9924
Not my best pic by a long way but I thought my Flickr chums would be interested. This is a Portuguese-man-o-war. Not actually a jelly fish but a conglomerate of 4 polyps - the bladder at the top, the venomous tentacles (up to 65ft long) below, the digestive system and the reproductive system are all provided by separate organisms. Our guide spotted trhis while belting back to harbour and it was gone in a flash but a first sighting for me.
Port-man-o-war_9924
Not my best pic by a long way but I thought my Flickr chums would be interested. This is a Portuguese-man-o-war. Not actually a jelly fish but a conglomerate of 4 polyps - the bladder at the top, the venomous tentacles (up to 65ft long) below, the digestive system and the reproductive system are all provided by separate organisms. Our guide spotted trhis while belting back to harbour and it was gone in a flash but a first sighting for me.