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23 Dec

Bioluminescent Siphonophore

While this appears to be a single, large organism, it’s actually a colony of numerous individual jellyfish-like animals that behave and function together as a single entity. The individual units, called zooids, all share the same genetic material and each perform a specialized role within the colony. The best-known siphonophore is the poisonous Portuguese Man o’ War. Some siphonophore species can grow up to 130 ft in length.




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    tom from Odzyskiwanie Danych Says:

    Woah this is awesome! This isn’t one animal but a huge colony? I’d like to have couple of those at home (in my fish tank, not on my table).

    April 29th, 2009 at 12:28 am

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