7 Cute, Beautiful but Surprisingly Dangerous Animals

Blue dragon

The blue dragon is a sea slug of a tiny size (about 3cm). This beautiful animal is often rightly referred to as a sea angel. Its tapering body is dorsally silver-grey in colour, and ventrally pale blue, with dark blue stripes on the head. It has six appendages which radiate into finger-like cerata, and a pointed tail. It feeds on hydrozoans; Including the highly poisonous jellyfish-like creature called Portuguese Man-O’-War. It protects itself from being harmed by producing mucus, and saves the venom of its prey in the cerata to use for a defensive purpose. In fact, this poison is more harmful than its original form, as the blue dragon keeps it in a concentrated form.

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