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Blue sea dragon

Glaucus atlanticus
Ka lebitso: The generic name Glaucus comes from the Ancient Greek word glaukós, meaning "bluish-grey", "bluish-green" or "gleaming".1
E utlwisa bohloko feelaE a utlwisa bohloko, empa e ke ke ya o lematsa haholo.
Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E phela
Warm and temperate oceans worldwide, including South Africa, Europe, eastern Australia, Brazil, India and Thailand1
Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India
Lapeng
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
Bolelele
3 cm (1,2 in)1
Lebelo le phahameng
e ka bang 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Ho sesa, kakanyo feela
E ja eng?
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
Ka nnete!Foto ya Blue sea dragon
Blue sea dragon. Foto: Sylke Rohrlach. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Ho e tseba jwang

  • 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

Hangata e ferekanngwa le: 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

Matla a chefo

Ho hlaba

Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.

Chefo ya yona (eo e e kenyang ka ho loma kapa ho hlaba) e etsang?

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

E kotsi hakae ho batho?

Kotsi ho batho: E bohlokoE ka utlwisa bohloko haholo, empa hoo e batlang e le kamehla ha e kotsi haholo.

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

E etsang ha e tshohile?

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

Haeba e hlaba

  • Pressure immobilisation: phuthela bandeje e tiileng e huduhang (elastiki) hodima moo e lomileng teng ebe o nyolla setho sohle, o se tlame ka splint (lepolanka la ho se tshehetsa), mme o boloke motho a sa sisinyehe ho hang ho fihlela thuso e fihla.
  • Octopus e nang le mehele e putswa kapa kgofu ya cone e ka etsa hore motho a emise ho hema a ntse a tsohile: bitsa thuso mme o itokisetse ho mo hemela ka molomo (rescue breaths) ho fihlela ambulense e nka boikarabelo.

Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele

Dula o bolokehile

  • O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
  • E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
  • Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.

Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile

E kgolo hakae?

E telele hakae?

Blue sea dragon bolelele ba e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Klipi ya pampiri e ka bang 3 cm (1,2 in)Fono e bohlale e ka bang 15 cm (5,9 in)
e telele jwaloka klipi ya pampirie dieha ho feta kgofu ya serapeng

Blue sea dragon e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?

Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.

E potlaka hakae?

ho molemo ho tseba

Dintlha

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

Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo

Lebitso la saense
Glaucus atlanticus
Sehlopha
Dikgofu tsa cone le di-octopus
Lelapa
Glaucidae2
Tatelano
Nudibranchia
Dikontinente
Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India, Mawatle
Masea
After mating, both partners lay egg strings with up to 20 eggs on each string, often in wood or on carcasses.1
Nako ya bophelo
e ka bang dilemo tse 11
Kotsi ho batho
2 / 5: E bohloko3

Moo dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Glaucus atlanticus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Glaucus atlanticus (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
  3. Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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