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

Sida loo aqoonsado
- 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
Inta badan lagu khaldaa: 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
Awoodda sunta
Suntu waxay ka soo baxdaa mudde.
Maxay samaysaa suntiisa (qaniin ama mudid)?
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
Intee buu dadka khatar ugu yahay?
Khatarta dadka: Xanuun badanAad buu u xanuunjin karaa, laakiin ku dhowaad weligiis khatar weyn ma aha.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
Muxuu sameeyaa marka uu baqo?
It stores stinging cells from its prey in its cerata and uses them against predators.1
Haddii uu mudo
- Xirid cadaadis iyo dhaqdhaqaaq la'aan: faashad laastik ah oo adag ku duub meesha la qaniinay, kadib xubinta oo dhan kor u duub, ku xir lox adag (splint), oo qofka si buuxda uga dhig mid aan dhaqaaqin ilaa caawimaaddu ka timaaddo.
- Oktobaska giraanta buluugga ah ama qolofleyda koonka waxay joojin karaan neefsashada qofka isagoo weli miyir qaba: caawimaad wac oo diyaar u ahow inaad siiso neef samatabbixin ilaa ambalaasku ka la wareego.
Marka hore had iyo jeer wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911). Kani waa hage guud oo gargaar degdeg ah, ma aha talo caafimaad. Aasaaska gargaarka degdegga ah
Badbaado
- Weligaa ha taaban, ha qaban, hana ku ciyaarin xayawaan duurjoog ah, xitaa mid yar, xitaa haddii uu u muuqdo inuu hurdo ama dhintay.
- Meel u bannee. Haddii aad mid la kulanto, deg, tartiib dib ugu noqo oo u daa inuu jidkiisa maro.
- Haddii mid ku mudo: deg, ha dhaqaaqin, wac lambarka gurmadka degdegga ah (112, 000, 911) ama si degdeg ah u tag isbitaalka. Xusuuso sida uu u egyahay, sawir ayaa caawiya.
Kuma raadinayo. Suntiisa wuxuu u isticmaalaa inuu cunto ku qabsado ama isku difaaco, wuxuuna aad u door bidaa inuu dhuunto. Wax badan oo ku saabsan badbaadada
Adduunka xaggee?
Intee buu le'eg yahay?
Intee buu dherer le'eg yahay?
qiyaastii dhererka biin warqad
ka gaabis badan qolofleyda beertaIntee buu Blue sea dragon le'eg yahay marka ADIGA laguu barbar dhigo?
Xisaab keliya oo browser-kaaga ku jirta. Waxba lama keydiyo, meelna looma diro.
Intee buu u dheereeyaa?
Xaqiiqooyin
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
Khubarada sunta
- Magaca sayniska
- Glaucus atlanticus
- Koox
- Qolofley koon iyo oktobas
- Qoys
- Glaucidae2
- Kala horreynta
- Nudibranchia
- Qaaradaha
- Badweynta Atlantik, Badweynta Baasifigga, Badweynta Hindiya, Badweynaha
- Carruurta yaryar
- After mating, both partners lay egg strings with up to 20 eggs on each string, often in wood or on carcasses.1
- Cimri
- qiyaastii 1 sano1
- Khatarta dadka
- 2 / 5: Xanuun badan3
Meesha xaqiiqooyinku ka yimaadaan
- Glaucus atlanticus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Glaucus atlanticus (iNaturalist): magacyada iyo kala soocidda.
- Venom Wiki: heerka khatarta, cabbirka caadiga ah iyo qiyaasta xawaaraha annaga ayaa sameeyay. Eeg sida aan u xisaabinno: Sida aan u qiimeyno khatarta.
Xaqiiq kasta oo boggan ku jirta waxay leedahay lambar tilmaamaya ilaha laga keenay. Haddii aan wax khaldanno, raalli ahaw, waxaan nahay dad xayawaanka jecel, ma aha joornaal saynis. Nagu soo sheeg [email protected] waana saxaynaynaa.
Mudid