Page 24 - Super Shark Encyclopedia

Gland produces gas for inflating the float

Sail on the float catches the wind to help it move over the ocean Gonozooids hang like tiny grapes and produce eggs or sperm Gastrozooids tipped with tiny mouths (yellow) eat prey

STINGING BATTLESHIP

PORTUGUESE MAN O’ WAR

Colony is made up of thousands of individuals called zooids muscular dark-blue coils and long

The sting of a Portuguese man o’ war is so painful
single jellyfish, it is actually a floating colony of many
that the shock alone can kill. Although it looks like a
animals that make up the writhing mass of tentacles
hanging under the balloonlike float. Some of these
produce eggs, some carry stings and grab prey.
Gastrozooid contains fragments of partly digested food Muscular walls help dactylozooid move to grab prey DEADLY COILS The tentacles are made up of fingerlike members of the colony. They carry thousands of stingers for paralyzing prey. Then they pull the victim up to waiting hungry mouths.

Others are tipped with tiny mouths for

Pore opens to let gas escape, adjusting amount in the float

eating their victim.