These "Blue Dragons" are tiny. Only about 1.5 in.
Posted on 11/18/2015 7:02:36 AM PST by ETL
Some say it's like something out of a science fiction movie, others say it's from another world. But the bizarre and dangerous sea creature a woman discovered washed ashore at Broadbeach along the Gold Coast of Australia is actually a blue dragon.
Lucinda Fry came across the creepy, electric-blue sea slug in Queensland and captured video of the little sea creature, which Daily Mail Australia posted: [video at link]
The nudibranch is not that big, measuring 1.2 inches at maturity, but it packs a punch.
"I have handled them before and wasn't stung, but I would not recommend anyone pick them up because they can have a painful sting," Professor Kylie Pitt of Griffith University told the Gold Coast Bulletin.
The sea creature was said to be following its favorite food source, bluebottles, also known as Portuguese man o' wars that have been blown onto Gold Coast shorelines by easterly winds. The blue dragons eat the stingers of the bluebottles.
"Instead of digesting the sting cells, they store them on the outside of their body," Pitt told the Gold Coast Bulletin.
Incidentally, the scientific name of the blue dragon is Glaucus atlanticus. But by any name, this sea creature is a strange one.
And all the bizarre life forms right here on Earth that have come and gone over the past several hundred million years.
You’re welcome. And I agree. Can’t have Obama on our mind 24/7. We’d go nuts.
These "Blue Dragons" are tiny. Only about 1.5 in.
Leni
From Saturday Night Live, featuring Steve Martin and Bill Murray:
Tourist #2: What the hell is that?
Tourist #1: I don’t know what the hell that is!
Tourist #2: What in the hell is that?!
Tourist #1: Hey, you kids! Get away from there!
Tourist #2: I would not mess with that thing..
Tourist #1: Don’t put your lips on it!
Tourist #2: [ ever curious ] What the hell is this?
Tourist #1: Well.. get a photo of me with it, anyway!
[ Tourist #1 hands camera to Tourist #2, then walks away from camera view to have his picture taken ]
Tourist #2: Be careful with that thing. [ snaps Tourist #1’s picture, as spark of ingenuity develops on his face ] Oh, I know what that is!
Tourist #1: [ returns next to Tourist #2 ] Well, what the hell is it?!
Tourist #2: [ looks closer ] What is that thing..?
Tourist #1: I don’t even care what it is. [ pause ] What the hell is that?!
Tourist #2: I don’t know what the hell that thing is.
Tourist #1: Oh, I know what it is!
Tourist #2: [ seeing it ] Oh, yeah.. oh yeah.. [ chuckles ]
[ Tourist #1 & #2 walk away from the stage. A beat, before their heads peer back into frame, more inquisitive than ever. ]
Tourist #1: What the hell was that?!
What The Hell Is That?
Call me when one of these washes up on the beach:
Hello?? Are you there???
Since when is okay to post porn on FR?
Anyone see Laz?
Ha! Even better!!
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FANTASY & probably photoshopped.
They’re cute!
LOL
Did you mean that reply for post #32?
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