The Blue Bottle Jellyfish – The Man Of War
Everybody must have seen at least once a jellyfish – no matter if on a picture or he had a live experience it. That person has witnessed the majesty of the most attractive sea inhabitants. An interesting fact about the jellyfish body is that it consists of 90% water and 10% jelly substance from where their name comes. Jellyfishes do not only possess an amazing outside look, but they also have a interesting anatomy, however for the regular person the most attractive part of a jellyfish are its body contours and colors. And for the people who care about the outside look of the jellyfish we can recommend them to see the Blue bottle jellyfish which is a truly beautiful and interesting sea inhabitants.
The Blue bottle jellyfish gets its name because of its form and color – when on the land it has a bottle-like form and a blue color. However the Blue bottle jellyfish name is used mainly in Australia and the lands of New Zealand. For the rest of the population the Blue bottle jellyfish is usually named the Portuguese Man o’ War due to the fact that it looks like a Portuguese battleship which was used n the past. However the forms and color of the Blue bottle jellyfish are not the most interesting things about it. The strangest fact that we know for the Blue bottle jellyfish is the thing that its body is made by different smaller organisms called zooids.
The food of the Blue bottle jellyfish is mainly plankton, small fish and other small water inhabiting creatures. The method that the Blue bottle jellyfish uses to hunt is also quite remarkable. It uses its tentacles to envelope and catches its prey and injects it with paralyzing toxins which render the victim unable to move. Afterwards the only thing left for the Blue bottle jellyfish to do is to eat its meal. If we look the tentacles of the Blue bottle jellyfish under a microscope we will see that they are not glance like the tentacles of other jellyfish species. The tentacles of the Blue bottle jellyfish are studded with small hooks which stick to the victim.
The sting of the Blue bottle jellyfish is in no cases fatal. There hasn’t been a reported case in which someone has died because he was stung by a Blue bottle jellyfish. But you should be careful if stung by a Blue bottle jellyfish. You should as soon as possible seek medical intervention or if there isn’t a doctor you should carefully wash the place without touching it and then use ice packs to cool it and reduce the pain.
Another interesting thing that we know for the Blue bottle jellyfish is how it moves. It doesn’t move like the other jellyfishes which use the pulsations of their body to move them forward. Instead the Blue bottle jellyfish relies mainly on water currents and wind. The Portuguese Man o’ War stays most of the time on top of the ocean surface, but if it feels threatened it can deflate its body and quickly go under water.
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