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Beachgoers recently encountered two deadly aquatic animals, Blue sea dragon and Blue Button, that are normally located in deep seas.
Why Is This In The News?
These deep-sea creatures may be brought to shore by a storm or other marine conditions.
Blue Sea Dragons and Blue Buttons were flung off the shore of Chennai as a result of Cyclone Michaung.
Blue Sea Dragon Facts
The blue angel, also known as the blue sea slug, is a remarkable underwater species with the capacity to camouflage.
Glaucus atlanticus is the scientific name for this species.
It's a sea slug, a type of marine organism with no shell that comes in a variety of colors and shapes.
Distribution: Found in tropical and subtropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans.
Blue Sea Dragons were frequently observed in deep oceans in groups, earning them the nickname "Blue Fleets."
It would save poison from other creatures to inject on foreign bodies with whom it came into touch. However, the venom is not fatal.
Blue Button Facts
Blue Buttons, which resemble button-like forms, are actually colonies of microscopic predators known as hydroids.
These colonies float "passively" through the ocean, "performing specialized roles such as stinging and preying, defending the colony from predators, and reproducing more of their kind."
Porpita (scientific name)
They are frequently mistaken for jellyfish.
Distribution
- Found in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans' tropical and subtropical seas.
Blue Button's float is a flat, circular disc with several gas-filled tubes that keep it floating. Tiny blue tentacles surround the disc.
They feature a'man of war' mechanism that allows them to defend themselves by stinging any foreign body that comes into touch with their tentacles.
Their venom is not poisonous.
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