Portuguese Men of War Going Their Own Way

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The Portuguese man o’ war is not a jellyfish, but rather a cooperative of organisms called a siphonophore. Multiple colonies of organisms, called zooids, each grow to fulfill a specific purpose for the larger whole. A bladder keeps the man o’ war floating on the waves, while stinging tentacles dangle up to 100 feet below the surface to catch prey.

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