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Ele Willoughby, PhDI thought I’d submit a print to the Pressing Matters Blue & Pink challenge: my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids 🧵1/2<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PortugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PortugueseManOWar</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertebrates</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoArt</a>

Global MuseumA pea-sized <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Argonaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Argonaut</a> octopus rides atop a stinging <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> through the nighttime open ocean. . Shot several miles off West Palm Beach, FL, USA. . <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/papernautilus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#papernautilus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nautilus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nautilus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cephalopod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cephalopod</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plankton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blackwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackwater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/blackwaterdiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blackwaterdiving</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gug</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/chrisgug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chrisgug</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gugunderwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gugunderwater</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/octopus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#octopus</a>

Warren Currie 🦠🦐Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Plankton</a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Factoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Factoid</a> 🦠🦐 I imagine when asked what the biggest <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#animal</a> is on earth, most people would not say a member of the plankton. The longest animal is a colonial <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Siphonophore</a>, of genus Apolmeia, which was longer than 120m (400 ft), seen in a deep midwater canyon off western <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Australia</a>. They have been spotted before in the Indian <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ocean</a>, but this was a whopper. It has many tentacles used to catch <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/zooplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zooplankton</a> prey that give it a furry appearance. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/longest-deep-sea-animal-spotted-australian-coast" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/content/article/longest-deep-sea-animal-spotted-australian-coast</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDDay 12 <a href="https://spore.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ArtAdventCalendar</a>: made for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsertAnInvert2024</a> prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea, printed in blues, turquoise, violet and pink on white 9.25” by 12.5” Japanese kozo (or mulberry) paper.These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PortugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PortugueseManOWar</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertegrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertegrates</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor Blobfest <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InsertAnInvert2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsertAnInvert2024</a> prompt blobchain my linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2<a href="https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1664787693" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1664787693</a><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PortugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PortugueseManOWar</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertegrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertegrates</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printersolstice2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printersolstice2024</a>

WinFuture.deForscher entdecken unbekannten Unterwasserberg im Pazifik: 3109 Meter hoch, 70 km² groß. Expedition des Schmidt Ocean Institute findet vielfältige Meeresfauna, darunter eine <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Siphonophore</a>, die dem Fliegenden <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spaghettimonster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spaghettimonster</a> ähnelt. <a href="https://winfuture.de/news,144949.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winfuture.de/news,144949.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PrinterSolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrinterSolstice</a> prompt analogous colours I made linocut of a Portuguese Man o’ War floating at the surface of the sea.These are beautiful but deadly creatures, also known as bluebottles, resemble jellyfish but are actually colonial organisms called siphonophores. They are made up of many genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. 🧵1/2<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PortugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PortugueseManOWar</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertegrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertegrates</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printersolstice2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printersolstice2024</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDWorking on my next <a href="https://spore.social/tags/PrinterSolstice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrinterSolstice</a> print for the prompt analogous colours - a Portuguese man o’ war in turquoise, blue & violet. A beautiful <a href="https://spore.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> translucent & floating, neither a jellyfish nor in fact a single animal, but a colonial organism made up of genetically identical zooids which each perform different roles. It’s filled with venomous microscope nematocysts which can kill fish & even occasionally a person. <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/portugueseManOWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#portugueseManOWar</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/blueBottle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blueBottle</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/invertebrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertebrate</a>

DailyMegafaunaToday’s <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/megafauna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#megafauna</a> is the Portuguese man o’ war. Although it is often mistaken for a <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jellyfish</a>, the man-o-war is actually a <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a>, composed of multiple, genetically distinct, individual polyps. One of these polyps is the gas-filled float, which projects above the surface of the water and helps the man o' war float through the <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/oceans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oceans</a>. This purple-blue float apparently resembles the wind-filled <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/sail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sail</a> of the 18th century warship from which the man o' war gets its name. When the man o' war encounters a threat on the ocean’s surface, this float can temporarily deflate to escape. Beneath the surface, three more polyps are attached to the float. One of these polyps digests food for the entire colony, another handles the man o' war’s sexual reproduction, and the third forms its <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/tentacles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tentacles</a>. These tentacles are, on average, 30 feet long, but can reach lengths up to 165 feet. They aid the man o' war in hunting by delivering a poison that paralyzes or kills smaller fish and sea creatures. The tentacles’ muscles then transport the unmoving prey upwards to the digestive polyp. For humans, the tentacles’ sting is incredibly painful–and it can be delivered even after the man o' war dies and washes ashore. Human deaths from man o' war stings are very rare, and usually involve allergic reactions or cardiac events. Although the stinging tentacles protect the man-o-war from many threats, it does have some natural predators. Sunfish and loggerhead turtles, which also eat jellyfish, are common predators. Several species use the man o' wars tentacles for their own defenses: the blanket octopus attaches man o' war tentacles to their own, and blue sea dragons store the man o' wars' poison-delivering nematocysts for later use. With no propulsive anatomy, man o' wars drift through the ocean with no control over their own location. Changes in wind and current patterns can drastically alter the distribution of this species from year to year. They are often found floating together in groups which can number in the thousands. Man o' wars are distributed throughout the warmer areas of Earth’s oceans–and rising temperatures are allowing them to survive in a larger range, with specimens washing ashore as far north as <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> and <a href="https://synapse.cafe/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>.

🪼boogie 🩷i had to move instances & haven't been on here in ages so... hi, let me do an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intro</a> my name is beau, or boogie. i like: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reading</a>, korean music, cop dramas (acab tho), true crime (not in a weird way), <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jellyfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jellyfish</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#frogs</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> and davinci. i am <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#audhd</a>, mentally ill & recently diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome which is somewhat annoying as at this very moment my entire arm is hurting because i am holding my phone. anyway, nice to meet you.

ira“Turns out the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/invisiblehand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invisiblehand</a> of the market is, sometimes and unpredictably a 45-metre-long deep-sea <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> arranged in a feeding spiral, trailing its deadly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tentacles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tentacles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pleasuring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pleasuring</a> itself…”

Andrea YoungDiscovered in the deep: is this the world’s longest animal? <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DeepWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeepWater</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OceanEncounters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OceanEncounters</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/30/discovered-in-the-deep-siphonophore-species-australia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/30/discovered-in-the-deep-siphonophore-species-australia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

Gamayun 🖤Encountered this man o' war some days ago walking the beach by Te Henga. Not that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manowar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#manowar</a>. We need some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siphonophorespondence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophorespondence</a> amirite?! 🧐😁🤟 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aotearoa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aotearoa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NZ</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/siphonophore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#siphonophore</a>

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