Portuguese Man of War by Kylie Laycock https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l Made with good vibes en-us 2019-04-29 16:39:02 UTC 2019-05-02 04:21:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Portuguese Man of War kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104013 2019-04-29 16:45:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104013 Diet kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104337 Carnivore. Preferably fish larva and some other soft bodied organisms. Anything that floats into their tentacles.]]> 2019-04-29 16:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104337 Habitat kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104486 Floats on ocean's surface using air bladder. Typically found in warm, tropical and subtropical waters.]]> 2019-04-29 16:46:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104486 Taxonomy kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104695 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Cnidaria
Class: Hydrozoa
Order: Siphonophora
Family: Physaliidae
Genus: Physalia
Species: physalis]]> 2019-04-29 16:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104695 Physical description kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104847 Made up of four types of polyps. Air bladder (first polyp) is about a foot long and half a foot wide. Tentacles (second polyp) up to 165 feet long, but typically 30 feet long. Blue and purple colors. (Third polyp is for digestion).]]> 2019-04-29 16:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355104847 Lifespan kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105060 A few months.]]> 2019-04-29 16:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105060 Closely related organisms kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105271 Only other species in its family and genus: Australian blue bottle (Physalia utriculus).]]> 2019-04-29 16:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105271 Reproduction kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105463 Fourth type of polyp. Either male or female parts from different colonies released into water. They can also use asexual reproduction.]]> 2019-04-29 16:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105463 3 Fun facts kylie_laycock858 https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105704 Not a jellyfish, but a Siphonophora, meaning it's a colony of polyps that work together. 
Another name for them is blue bottles.
They do have the capability of killing a human, but it is not likely.]]> 2019-04-29 16:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kylie_laycock858/6qyumsowt93l/wish/355105704