World's longest animal is now plankton

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World's longest animal is now plankton

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Whale may be the world's largest animal, but the longest is a type of plankton called siphonophores.

26 September,2012 09:01 pm

According to experts, it is a relative of jellyfish and corals.The crew of the research ship Tara sent two and a half years and 70,000 miles tracking plankton, microscopic organisms that drift on the oceans currents.The longest animal is a type of plankton called siphonophores, which is a relative of jellyfish and corals.The siphonophores are huge colonies of tiny organisms that gang together and specialise so that they appear to be a single complex animal.The best known example Portugese Man of War is the best known example and some of the colonies can grow to over 50 metres long.During their voyage, they logged 1.35 million previously unknown species.Ronnie Wood furious as ex-wife Jo sells his guitar collection.Ronnie Wood has said he is staggered after his ex-wife Jo put a collection of Rolling Stones memorabilia up for auction including two treasured Fender Stratocaster custom-painted guitars.Ronnie Wood has said he is staggered after his ex-wife Jo put a collection of Rolling Stones memorabilia up for auction including his two treasured Fender Stratocaster custom-painted guitars.The former model, 57, whose divorce from the guitarist was finalised last year, is even selling the four poster bed the pair shared at their Surrey estate and portraits that Wood painted of Eric Clapton and Bob Dylan.The couple split up very publicly in 2008 after Wood, 65, left his wife of more than 20 years for 21-year-old former cocktail waitress Ekaterina Ivanova.However a spokesman said the guitarist was angry that his personal items had been included in the sale at Julien’s auctions in Los Angeles.“Ronnie was asked by Jo some time ago if he wished to add some items to an auction and he said he did not want to participate, said the spokesman.