Siphonophore: Deep-sea superorganism (video)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:37:10 +1030

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2008/12/siphonophore-deep-sea-superorganism-video/

"Here is some terrific video of a bioluminescent deep-sea siphonophore —
an eerily fantastic creature that appears to be a single, large
organism, but which is actually a colony of numerous individual
jellyfish-like animals that behave and function together as a single
entity."

More information:

http://siphonophores.org/

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