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Jellyfishes are truly remarkable creatures. Abstract looking, translucent, glowing they are really one of the most beautiful inhabitants of seas and oceans. And the fact that most of their body consists of water is really interesting. However there are some kinds of jellyfish that aren’t so attractive on the outside, but their anatomy is also remarkable. But the biggest attraction for people is the outside of the medusa and the colors and lights it has. And we won’t be exaggerating if we say that the Blue bottle jellyfish is one of the most beautiful and interesting species of the jellyfish class.

If you a see a jellyfish which is shaped like a bottle when on the beach and if it is blue then you are probably staring at a Blue bottle jellyfish. However this isn’t the only name of that jellyfish. The Blue bottle jellyfish term is used most in the areas of New Zealand and Australia and for the other part of Earth’s population the jellyfish is called the Portuguese Man o’ War because of the resemblance with a battleship which the Portuguese sailed on in the past. However the Blue bottle jellyfish doesn’t only have an astonishing outside look, it is one of not so many jellyfishes which are not monolith organisms, but they actually consist of a number of smaller organisms named zooids.

The food of the Blue bottle jellyfish is mainly plankton, small fish and other small water inhabiting creatures. The method that the Blue bottle jellyfish uses to hunt is also quite remarkable. It uses its tentacles to envelope and catches its prey and injects it with paralyzing toxins which render the victim unable to move. Afterwards the only thing left for the Blue bottle jellyfish to do is to eat its meal. If we look the tentacles of the Blue bottle jellyfish under a microscope we will see that they are not glance like the tentacles of other jellyfish species. The tentacles of the Blue bottle jellyfish are studded with small hooks which stick to the victim.

The Blue bottle jellyfish is also a threat to humans, but there is no report in which a living person has died because of a Blue bottle jellyfish sting. Of course if you get somehow stung by one you should immediately seek help from a doctor. Or if there is no medical center nearby clean the stung place with cold water without laying a finger it and later apply ice packs to the stung place to decrease the pain.

Another fabulous fact that we have found about the Blue bottle jellyfish is the technique it uses to move. Instead of relying in the pulsations of its body it uses sea currents and wind to move around. The Blue bottle jellyfish resides mostly on the top of the sea surface or ocean, but if sees a threat it can immediately submerge.

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