Siphonophores - Fascinating "alien" (but actually naturally occurring) sea creatures
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these are amazing they look like jellyfish parts stuck together but they are alive
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@FormulaOneFan4Eva From National Geographic, "The gelatinous creatures are colonial, meaning they are actually made up of an attached, integrated collection of individual parts—each of which has a highly specialized function such as catching prey, digesting prey, reproduction, or locomotion. In some species the siphonophore’s tubular stem can reach 130 feet long (40 meters long)—even longer than the blue whale."
So cool
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Goddamn deep sea communists.
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Some of them explode when you look at them with light wow do you have or know of any footage of this!
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i heard that these aren't actually singular lifeforms but they're like a giant metropolis of hundreds of other creatures, is this true?
FormulaOneFan4Eva 1 year ago
@FormulaOneFan4Eva Although I'm in no way an expert on these strange beings, I think it is indeed true what you've heard. Fascinating, no?
tinerotiman 1 year ago