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Setshwantsho sa khathune sa Blue sea dragon
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Blue sea dragon

Glaucus atlanticus
Ka ga leina: The generic name Glaucus comes from the Ancient Greek word glaukós, meaning "bluish-grey", "bluish-green" or "gleaming".1
E utlwisa botlhoko felaE a utlwisa botlhoko, mme ga e kitla e go gobatsa thata.
Dikgopa tsa khouno le diokotopase Go tlhabaE ja: Nama
Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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 tshela kwa
Warm and temperate oceans worldwide, including South Africa, Europe, eastern Australia, Brazil, India and Thailand1
Lewatle la Atlantic, Lewatle la Pacific, Lewatle la India
Gae
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
Boleele
3 cm (1,2 in)1
Lebelo le le kwa godimo
e ka nna 0,01 km/h (0,01 mph)
Go thuma, kakanyo fela
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!Setshwantsho sa Blue sea dragon
Blue sea dragon. Setshwantsho: Sylke Rohrlach. CC BY-SA 4.0, iNaturalist.

Tsela ya go e lemoga

  • 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

Gantsi e tlhakanngwa 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

Maatla a botlhole

Go tlhaba

Botlhole bo tswa ka lemao le le tlhabang.

Botlhole jo e bo tsenyang bo dira eng?

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 go le kae go batho?

Kotsi go batho: E botlhokoE ka utlwisa botlhoko tota, mme go seoka thata gore e nne masisi.

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 dira eng fa e tshogile?

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

Fa e tlhaba

  • Go gatelela le go sa tshikinyege (pressure immobilisation): bofa bandeiji e e gogegang e e tiileng mo godimo ga fa go lomilweng mme o tswelele o bofe setho sotlhe go ya kwa godimo, se tshegetse ka sepilinti (splint), mme o dire gore motho a nne a sa tshikinyege gotlhelele go fitlha thuso e goroga.
  • Okotopase e e nang le dikgole tse di tala kgotsa kgopa ya khouno e ka emisa motho go hema a sa ntse a tsogile: bitsa thuso mme o ipaakanyetse go mo hemela ka molomo (rescue breaths) go fitlha bathusi ba ambulense ba tsaya tiro.

Ka gale leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Se ke kaelo e e akaretsang ya thuso ya ntlha, ga se kgakololo ya bongaka. Motheo wa thuso ya ntlha

Nna o babalesegile

  • O se ka wa ama, wa tshwara kgotsa wa tshwenya phologolo ya naga, le fa e le e nnye, le fa e lebega e robetse kgotsa e sule.
  • E fe sebaka. Fa o kopana le yone, ritibala, boela morago ka bonya mme o e tlogele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yone.
  • Fa e nngwe e go tlhaba: ritibala, o se ka wa tshikinyega, leletsa nomoro ya gago ya tshoganyetso (112, 000, 911) kgotsa o ye bookelong ka bonako. Gopola gore e ne e lebega jang, setshwantsho se a thusa.

Ga e go batle. E dirisa botlhole jwa yone go tshwara dijo kgotsa go itshireletsa, mme e rata go iphitlha go feta. Go le gontsi ka go nna o babalesegile

Kae mo lefatsheng?

AforikaAsiaYuropaAmerika BokoneAmerika BorwaAustralia le OceaniaLewatle la PacificLewatle la AtlanticLewatle la India

E kgolo go le kae?

E telele go le kae?

Blue sea dragon e ka nna 3 cm ka boleele (1,2 in)Kelipi ya pampiri e ka nna 3 cm (1,2 in)Founu e e botlhale e ka nna 15 cm (5,9 in)
e ka nna boleele jo bo lekanang le jwa kelipi ya pampiribonya go feta kgopa ya tshingwana

Blue sea dragon e kgolo go le kae fa e bapisiwa le WENA?

Ke dipalo fela mo sefetleng sa gago (browser). Ga go sepe se se bolokwang kgotsa se se romelwang gope.

E bonako go le kae?

go botlhokwa go itse

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

Ya baitseanape ba botlhole

Leina la saense
Glaucus atlanticus
Setlhopha
Dikgopa tsa khouno le diokotopase
Lelapa
Glaucidae2
Lekoko
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
Dingwaga tsa botshelo
e ka nna dingwaga di le 11
Kotsi go batho
2 / 5: E botlhoko3

Kwa dintlha di tswang teng

  1. Glaucus atlanticus (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Glaucus atlanticus (iNaturalist): maina le thulaganyo ya mefuta.
  3. Venom Wiki: seelo sa kotsi, bogolo jo bo tlwaelegileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kafa re di balang ka teng: Kafa re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.

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