Blue sea dragon
The blue sea dragon is a small, bright blue sea slug that floats upside down on the open ocean. It drifts with winds and currents in warm and temperate seas around the world. It is special because it steals stinging cells from the animals it eats and uses them as its own weapon.1

Akkaataa itti beekamu
- Usually around 3 cm long1
- Floats upside down at the surface, with its blue side facing up1
- Silvery grey on its back, which faces down in the water1
- Dark blue stripes on its head1
- Six finger-like, feathery appendages called cerata1
Yeroo baay'ee kan itti wal fakkeessan: It is closely related to G. marginatus, which is now known to be four separate species living in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It also shares the name "blue dragon" with Pteraeolidia ianthina and G. marginatus.1
Humna summii
Summiin qeensa iddii (stinger) keessaan ba'a.
Summiin isaa (ciniinnaa ykn iddiin) maal godha?
It does not make its own venom. It takes the stinging cells (nematocysts) from the Portuguese man o' war and stores them in its cerata, a process called kleptocnidy. Because it concentrates this venom, its sting can be stronger than that of the animal it eats. Symptoms can include pain, nausea, vomiting, a rash, redness and blisters.1
Namootaaf hammam balaa qaba?
Balaa namootaaf: Ni dhukkubsaBaay'ee dhukkubsuu danda'a, garuu gonkumaa jechuun ni danda'ama cimaa hin ta'u.Picking up the animal can cause a very painful sting that may be potentially dangerous. Its sting produces symptoms similar to those of the Portuguese man o' war.1
Yeroo sodaatu maal godha?
It stores stinging cells from its prey in its cerata and uses them against predators.1
Yoo idde
- Dhiibbaa fi sochii dhorkuu (pressure immobilisation): baandeejii lastikii jabaa bakka ciniiname irratti, sana booda harka ykn miila guutuu irra marsi, muka qajeelaa (splint) itti hidhi, hanga gargaarsi dhufutti namicha guutumaan guutuutti sochii malee tursiisi.
- Oktopasiin marsaa cuquliisaa qabu ykn qocaan koonii nama osoo dammaqaa jiruu hargansuu dhaabuu danda'u: gargaarsa waami, hanga ambulaansiin dhufee itti fufutti hafuura afaaniin kennuuf qophaa'i.
Yeroo hunda dursa lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee bilbili (112, 000, 911). Kun qajeelfama gargaarsa jalqabaa waliigalaa ti, gorsa yaalaa miti. Bu'uura gargaarsa jalqabaa
Nageenyaan turi
- Bineensa bosonaa gonkumaa hin tuqin, hin qabin, hin tuttuqin, xiqqaa ta'us, rafe ykn du'e fakkaatus.
- Iddoo itti kenni. Yoo tokko wajjin wal argite, tasgabbaa'i, suuta duubatti deebi'iitii karaa isaa akka deemu dhiisi.
- Yoo tokko si idde: tasgabbaa'i, sochii malee turi, lakkoofsa balaa tasaa kee (112, 000, 911) bilbili ykn dafii hospitaala ga'i. Maal akka fakkaatu yaadadhu, suuraan ni gargaara.
Si miidhuuf si hin barbaadu. Summii isaa nyaata qabachuuf ykn of eeguuf fayyadama, dhokachuu immoo baay'ee filata. Waa'ee nageenyaa dabalataan
Addunyaa keessaa eessatti?
Hammam guddaa dha?
Dheerinni isaa hammam?
gara dheerina kilippii waraqaa
qocaa iddoo biqiltuu caalaa suuta deemaBlue sea dragon SI wajjin yoo wal bira qabamu hammam guddaa dha?
Herrega qofa barsiisaa kee keessatti. Homtuu hin olkaa'amu, eessayyuu hin ergamu.
Hammam ariifata?
Dhugaawwan
It can eat the Portuguese man o' war without harm, because it is immune to that animal's stinging cells.1
It floats upside down because its gas-filled stomach sac sits on the wrong side of its body, so its foot becomes its upper surface.1
Its blue colour is thought to reflect harmful ultraviolet sunlight.1
Its countershading, with blue on top and silver-grey below, helps it hide from predators above and below.1
It can lay up to 55 egg strings per hour.1
Ogeeyyii summiitiif
- Maqaa saayinsii
- Glaucus atlanticus
- Garee
- Qocaa koonii fi oktopasii
- Maatii
- Glaucidae2
- Tartiiba
- Nudibranchia
- Ardiiwwan
- Garba Atlaantikii, Garba Paasifikii, Garba Hindii, Garboota
- Ilmoolee
- After mating, both partners lay egg strings with up to 20 eggs on each string, often in wood or on carcasses.1
- Umrii jireenyaa
- gara waggaa 11
- Balaa namootaaf
- 2 / 5: Ni dhukkubsa3
Dhugaawwan eessaa dhufu
- Glaucus atlanticus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Glaucus atlanticus (iNaturalist): maqaa fi ramaddii.
- Venom Wiki: sadarkaan balaa, guddinni idilee fi tilmaamni ariitii kan keenya. Akkamitti akka hojjennu ilaali: Balaa akkamitti madaalla.
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