Varicose wart slug
The varicose wart slug is a large sea slug, a type of shell-less sea snail that lives in warm seas. It is found across the Indo-West Pacific, including the central Pacific and the Red Sea. Its bright colours warn predators that it is toxic.1

Maziviro ayo
- A large sea slug, growing to at least 11.5 cm1
- Has 3 to 6 long ridges along its back, covered in small bumps called tubercles1
- The ridges and bases of the bumps are blue-grey1
- The tips of the bumps are capped in yellow1
- The sole of its foot has a black stripe running along its length1
Inowanzovhiringidzwa ne: Juveniles of the sea cucumber Pearsonothuria graeffei closely resemble this sea slug. They are white and blue or black, with a few large, yellow, thorn-like projections. Adult sea cucumbers are much duller in colour and much larger than the sea slug.1
Simba rechepfu
Ganda rayo rine chepfu. Ine ngozi kubata, kunanzva kana kudya.
Ine ngozi yakadii kuvanhu?
Ngozi kuvanhu: Ngozi shomaSenyuchi kubaya kana kushoma. Kazhinji haina ngozi kuvanhu.Inoitei kana yatya?
Its bright colours warn predators that it is toxic.1
Kana munhu akaibata kana kuidya
- Kana munhu akaidya kana aine zviratidzo mushure mekuidya: fonera nhamba yechimbichimbi kana nzvimbo yeruzivo rwechepfu ipapo ipapo.
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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 wakaibata kana kuidya: usakwesha maziso kana muromo wako, geza maoko ako uye wana rubatsiro rwechiremba.
Haisi kukutsvaga. Chepfu yayo iripo chete kuti pasava nechinhu chinoidya. Zvimwe pamusoro pekugara wakachengeteka
Kupi pasi rose?
Yakakura sei?
Yakareba zvakadii?
yakareba sezvidhinha zvematoyi 4 zvakateedzanaVaricose wart slug yakakura sei kana yaenzaniswa NEWE?
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Inomhanya zvakadii?
Chokwadi
A sea cucumber, Pearsonothuria graeffei, copies its colours as a juvenile, which helps protect the sea cucumber too.1
Its bright colours warn predators that it is toxic to eat.1
The adult sea cucumber that copies this slug has its own toxic chemicals.1
It is one of the larger species in its group, growing to at least 11.5 cm.1
Kune nyanzvi dzeuturu
Kwakabva chokwadi
- Phyllidia varicosa (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Phyllidia varicosa (iNaturalist): mazita nekurongwa kwemhuka.
- Venom Wiki: danho rengozi, saizi yakajairika nekufungidzira kwekumhanya ndezvedu. Ona kuti tinozviwana sei: Matinoyera ngozi.
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