A 2-centimeter large organism is a predator? I mean... I understand, but the scales involved are... just, it's unintuitive that predation can occur on that scale. In the sense of "Literally; where is the food?" But, again, I understand everything about it, it's just... so non-visible to an animal of my size/scale.
Not entirely. You're a colony of cells that forms one large organism. The same is true for every individual hydroid within the colony that is a blue button. They're multicellular animals with a complete metabolism who could survive and reproduce on their own, but they perform specialized tasks when part of a hydrozoan colony.
NecroticMask
EdwardLongshanks
A colony of polyps? Or a colon with polyps?
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
breezybriv
That is clearly a whales contact lens
dorenavant
Was fascinated so had to read up more on the Porpita so figured I’d share this here: https://30a.com/blue-button-facts/
creamyt
It's scientific name is also "Porpita porpita", which makes it even better
misterCT
#same
KamikazeDevilphish
Is this one of those biblically accurate angels?
pufflecakes
Behold, the forbidden Christmas ornament. It is beautiful
Sjama
Forbidden contact lense
q2grapple
You can see FOREVER
UserSubmariner
BE NOT AFRAID
redclaysmartass
At first I thought it was an eyeball.
daverbeans
Forbidden blueberry
Shpadoinkleman
And this is why I'm glad our ancestors crawled out of the sea 400 million years ago
4vie
A 2-centimeter large organism is a predator? I mean... I understand, but the scales involved are... just, it's unintuitive that predation can occur on that scale. In the sense of "Literally; where is the food?" But, again, I understand everything about it, it's just... so non-visible to an animal of my size/scale.
TeddyMoment
ALL HAIL HYPNO BLUE BUTTON
Harryteeters
BrockEffingSamson
I'm a reasonably-fast reader, but shit...were they paying by the second for subtitles?
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Same, I was like "wait, what do they feed on?"
SomeGuyWhoSaysStuff
I know, they went so fast and then there were big gaps between the text, they could have filled those gaps by making the text stay longer.
Polymathena
TIL Thank you.
MentalUproar
It’s weirdly cute.
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
I used to see these all of the time in South Padre Island. They would wash up.
IWasGoingToMakeEspresso
They are only a little bit venemous.
Zega000
Cool but I didn't enjoy having a pause to read the subliminal subtitles
Iullabee
a colony of polyps you say ? i'm somewhat like that myself, i guess i'll need to change my name.
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Same
FunInTheFLsun
frosss
Same concept as a man-I-war
McEgirl4
Here’s looking at you, squid
fightingwithmyself
weedeewee
Imagine getting one of those in your eye.
HillOfBeans
I want them for contacts!
orbitn
Calm down Beelzebub
clearlyselfloving
to be fair, I'm also a colony of organisms with a single mouth.
crzyslydog
So your ass thought! Bwah ha ha!
NorthmanoftheNorth
This is actually a very accurate discription of the human body.
jwillustrat
Two mouths if you take rectal medication.
OperationRustysBlanket
I am a colony of organisms. With my biome I am a legion of mouth
PimpinKen
Meanwhile I'm a colony of assholes with a single mouth
Satci
I think about this far too often already.
Goldenteckel
EvilBrainSlug
No, there are many, many mouths, but it's best not to think about it.
clearlyselfloving
Hahaha oh no. This is true
Whatevyou
Blizky
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FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
Not entirely. You're a colony of cells that forms one large organism. The same is true for every individual hydroid within the colony that is a blue button. They're multicellular animals with a complete metabolism who could survive and reproduce on their own, but they perform specialized tasks when part of a hydrozoan colony.
whyforetho
One of those subcolonies hallucinates 24/7 and has declared itself king over all the others
Ionico
I didn't vote for him.
soniclettuce
like the one in a man-o-war that gets to have the giant gas bladder
imadethisaccounttotellyouthis
Technically you started as an anus.
q2grapple
Life was so much simpler in those times.
req4adream99
And there’s too many that haven’t continued to develop.
jonathan6776
That one got a chuckle outta me
EdwardLongshanks
We're all just tubes.
epithymetic
So is the internet
RoloTonyBrown
Tubey fairrrrrr
DeinnsBeans
That’s what I appreciates about you
Zoff89
meatybuffalo
Basically, we're a doughnut
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EdwardLongshanks
Nice George Carlin reference there.