This afternoon we found over 1000 by-the-wind sailors washed up on Traigh Eais, the first I have ever seen. These are related to Portuguese man-o-war, and like that species they are not a single organism, they are in fact a colony of organisms all working together fulfilling different functions to allow the colony to operate as a single individual. Weird!
Like Portuguese man-o-war, by the wind sailors just float in the oceans and are at the mercy of the currents and winds.
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