The Sea Swallow

in #nature7 years ago

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The sea swallow goes by many names, blue angel, blue dragon, blue ocean slug and blue sea slug. You can see from the pictures that these names make sense. Sea swallows are really weird creatures, they float in the water upside down and they have an organ filled with gas which helps them do this. They eat things that sting, like the portuguese man o' war and the blue button, shown in the picture bellow.

Because they swim upside down, their top half is silver to blend in with the water's surface from beneath and their bottom half is blue so that they can blend in with the blue water from above. They can also sting worse than a man o' war because they store the stinging parts of their prey in their cerata, which are the things that look like wings, which they also use for breathing so to speak.

There are no males or female, but they are both together and when they come together to mate both the slugs will have eggs. Altogether they are pretty weird and cool looking and can be found in the warm waters of the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific oceans.

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Imagine this things the size of a whale.. Wonder if they were ever that big

looks like something out of the movie avatar.

It really would fit right in there.

That would be pretty scary, but really cool at the same time.

whaouuuu beautiful

That is one of the most Beautiful Pokemon I've ever seen!

When I first saw it I had to double check if it was a real animal or not.

wow amazing,,, this like a fish ?

Like a slug mixed with a fish.

I also like mysterious creatures, so these articles are very fun to read. Thank you very much.

I am glad that you enjoyed it.

What an interesting and amazing creature. I like the color but not the stings :)

Parece un Pokémon!! Saludos

I feel like I love the Sea Swallow -

yah! really weird creatures,

That they are.

That is one interesting beautiful creature!

A very interesting and beautiful creature indeed.

wooooow amazing

being a kayak fisherman, i love anything from the water. this is a beautiful creature, i hope to be able to encounter this one day!

I hope you do see it one day!

Those look really cool.

very cool..following

look like a blue angel.

Come to think of it, it does.

Beautiful creature, thanks for sharing!🐤🌼

Glad you liked it.

Vou, very interesting animal :-)

Nice Information and picture

Wow, this one looks really amazing and only shows how world really big is what makes me want to explore more and more, cheers :)