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Blue sea dragon

Glaucus atlanticus
Nezvezita: The generic name Glaucus comes from the Ancient Greek word glaukós, meaning "bluish-grey", "bluish-green" or "gleaming".1
InongorwadzaInorwadza, asi haizokukuvadza zvakanyanya.
Hozhwa dzecone nemaoctopus InobayaInodya: Nyama
Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

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

Inogara mu
Warm and temperate oceans worldwide, including South Africa, Europe, eastern Australia, Brazil, India and Thailand1
Gungwa reAtlantic, Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reIndia
Kumba
It lives in the open ocean (the pelagic zone) and is carried by winds and currents. Because it sometimes washes up on shore, people may find it on beaches, for example in Thailand, Spain and Texas.1
Kureba
3 cm (1,2 in)1
Kumhanya kukuru
kunenge 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Kushambira, kufungidzira
Inodya chii?
It feeds on other floating sea animals, including the Portuguese man o' war and other venomous siphonophores. It bites off chunks of its prey with serrated teeth and a strong jaw.1
Chaizvo!Mufananidzo waBlue sea dragon
Blue sea dragon. Mufananidzo: Sylke Rohrlach. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Maziviro ayo

  • 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

Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: 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

Simba reuturu

Inobaya

Uturu hunobuda nerumbori.

Uturu hwayo hunoitei?

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

Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?

Ngozi kuvanhu: InorwadzaInogona kurwadza chaizvo, asi kazhinji haisi njodzi huru.

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

Inoitei kana yatya?

It stores stinging cells from its prey in its cerata and uses them against predators.1

Kana ikabaya

  • Kusunga nekumisa (pressure immobilisation): monera bhandeji rinotambanuka zvakasimba pamusoro peparumwa wozokwira nenhengo yose, isungirire nechitsigiso (splint), uye chengeta munhu asingafambe zvachose kusvikira rubatsiro rwasvika.
  • Octopus ine mhete dzebhuruu kana hozhwa yecone inogona kumisa kufema kwemunhu achiri kumuka: shevedza rubatsiro ugare wakagadzirira kumufemera mumuromo kusvikira vanhu veambulensi vatora basa.

Gara uchitanga wafonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911). Iri izano rakajairika rerubatsiro rwekutanga, kwete zano rechiremba. Zvakakosha zverubatsiro rwekutanga

Gara wakachengeteka

  • Usambobata mhuka yesango, kuedza kuitora kana kuinetsa, kunyange iri diki, uye kunyange ichiita seyakarara kana yakafa.
  • Ipa nzvimbo. Kana ukasangana nayo, dzikama, dzokera shure zvishoma nezvishoma uirege iende nenzira yayo.
  • Kana imwe ikakubaya: dzikama, gara wakanyarara, fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi (112, 000, 911) kana kuti enda kuchipatara nokukurumidza. Rangarira kuti yaitaridzika sei, mufananidzo unobatsira.

Haisi kukutsvaga. Inoshandisa uturu hwayo kubata chikafu kana kuzvidzivirira, uye inotonyanya kuda kuhwanda. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka

Yakakura sei?

Yakareba zvakadii?

Blue sea dragon kunenge 3 cm kureba (1,2 in)Chibatanidzo chemapepa kunenge 3 cm (1,2 in)Runhare rwemazuva ano kunenge 15 cm (5,9 in)
inenge kureba sechibatanidzo chemapepainononoka kupfuura hozhwa yemugadheni

Blue sea dragon yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?

Masvomhu chete mubrowser yako. Hapana chinochengetwa kana kutumirwa kupi zvako.

Inomhanya zvakadii?

zvakanaka kuziva

Chokwadi

1

It can eat the Portuguese man o' war without harm, because it is immune to that animal's stinging cells.1

2

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

3

Its blue colour is thought to reflect harmful ultraviolet sunlight.1

4

Its countershading, with blue on top and silver-grey below, helps it hide from predators above and below.1

5

It can lay up to 55 egg strings per hour.1

Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu

Zita resainzi
Glaucus atlanticus
Boka
Hozhwa dzecone nemaoctopus
Mhuri
Glaucidae2
Odha
Nudibranchia
Makondinendi
Gungwa reAtlantic, Gungwa rePacific, Gungwa reIndia, Makungwa makuru
Vacheche
After mating, both partners lay egg strings with up to 20 eggs on each string, often in wood or on carcasses.1
Makore ekurarama
kunenge makore 11
Ngozi kuvanhu
2 / 5: Inorwadza3

Kwakabva chokwadi

  1. Glaucus atlanticus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Glaucus atlanticus (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
  3. Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.

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