Portuguese Man o War: An Organism Made of Organisms?
When is an organism not an organism? Or, when is it a bunch of different organisms living together? SciShow introduces you to the weird world of siphonophores. Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://dunnlab.org/assets/Dunn_2009.pdf http://dunnlab.org/assets/Dunn2005_Bargmannia.pdf http://www.siphonophores.org/index.php http://www.wired.com/2014/08/absurd-creature-of-the-week-siphonophore/ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/zooid http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-jellyfish-reproduc/