Have you ever heard of the Blue Sea Dragon or how about the Glaucus Atlanticus? It goes by many names including Sea Lizard, Blue Sea Slug and Sea Swallow. There are many more names but that is not the only thing about it though. It is around three centimeters long when it is full grown. It has six webbed fingers and it's not as innocent as it may seem. Sadly it only lives up to a year old before dying. Have you ever seen a thing in the Indian, Atlantic, or Pacific Ocean and thought that it was just water until you looked harder? It may have been because it was not water at all it may have been a Blue Sea Slug. It lives in warm water and just floats where the waves take it. It uses it's stomach to float. It holds in air with it's stomach …show more content…
It has a sting like a jellyfish. It's Fingers that look like they have fingers actually are coursing with venom that it uses on its prey. It also has crazy sharp teeth that can tear through its prey like it is nothing. It can eat small things whole but normally has a bigger meal and uses its dangerous teeth. When food is scarce the Blue Dragon will even resort to cannibalism. If you were going to ask how to tell if it's a girl or boy don’t. The Glaucus Atlanticus is neither a girl nor a boy. It has both parts so it can reproduce faster, that way when it is ready to reproduce it gets together with another close by. Then when it is over both try to find a place to lay their twenty some eggs. When they are born they do not have air sac's so they have to be careful and find a piece of wood or something that is floating before laying their eggs. As you can see the Blue Dragon or Glaucus Atlanticus is a very powerful small marine creature. You can either think of it as dangerous or cute but one might get you killed. This creature is a slug though so don’t get it confused with something else. Just remember that if you ever see anything in the water that you know is not water be careful before picking it up it might sting you or
The Irukandji is another potent jellyfish that has caused several fatalities. Mostly common to Northern Australia in deeper waters, they have been known to periodically come into shallow waters by ocean currents. It is one of the smallest of the Cnidarians and can really pack a punch for its size. It is only one inch in length and has four tentacles that are also about one inch in length. They are virtually impossible to spot because of their size and
How does it reproduce? Its sexes are separate but occasional hermaphrodite. Moreover, it usually reproduces during the first three months in a year. At around 25mm in diameter and 2 years
Identifying Features- Typically 4 to 6 feet, and 660 to 1,100 pounds. Skin is primarily black, with varying pale spots and a pinkish-white underbelly. Lacks a hard shell but instead has a carapace composed of tough, rubbery skin and thousands of tiny bone plates Its carapace is large, elongated and flexible with 7 distinct ridges running the length of the animal. Front flippers lack claws or scales and back flippers are paddle-shaped.
“They see something, walk up to it, pick it up, and maybe beat the crap out of it,” says Justin Marshall, referring to a commonly unknown creature called the Mantis Shrimp. This species often goes overlooked and unnoticed by most of the world and not just because it only grows 2-7 inches (“Peacock Mantis Shrimp” 1). Since it is such an unknown animal, many people do not know what it is or what makes it remarkable. How can the small mantis shrimp, a crustacean whose appearance is more like that of a clown than a ferocious beast, be worth noting in the different fields of science? They are more interesting than they seem. Mantis shrimp possess a vast array of fascinating physical features that set them apart from other sea-dwelling animals: their clubs
The sea dragon is a small, delicate fish found in the tropical coastal waters of south and west Australia. Sea dragons look similar to and are in fact closely related to sea horses. There are two different species of sea dragon which are the leafy sea dragon and the weedy sea dragon. Although both sea dragon species have a similar body shape and size, they are very different in appearance. The leafy sea dragon is the master of camouflage, and being able to hide itself so easily amongst the plants means that the leafy sea dragon is rarely eaten, despite having numerous potential predators in the surrounding water. The weedy sea dragon does not look so elaborate, only having a few feather fins along its back. The weedy sea dragon has adapted to life on the sea bed as these feathery (weed-like) fins help the sea dragon to camouflage into the debris on the sea floor. The baby sea dragons are completely independent once they have hatched and feed on tiny nutritious particles in the
The Stereolepis gigas, or Giant sea bass, is a fish native to California. They are very large creatures, their typical weight being 562 pounds, and their typical length being 8 feet. Aside from their size, they have big, robust heads with large mouths to help capture their prey. They have long dorsal spines that fit into grooves in their back to help them swim. Their color can vary from reddish brown, to grey, and to dark brown. Most of the time, they have dark colored spots. They have a surprisingly long lifespan, on average, they live to be 75 years or older.
“Everything in Australia is trying to kill you, haven’t you heard?” (Rosalind James). Physalia, or Portuguese Man of War, is a salt water species of hydrozoa that thrives in dead zones of tropical and subtropical waters. The animal is often confused with a jellyfish, but it actually is a siphonophore. Blue Bottle, Physalia, is not just a multicellular creatures called zooids. The zooids work together to provide defense, help with feeding, to produce offspring, find a safe habitat, and use all the tools necessary to live a full life. While movement and shape are uncontrollable, they play a vital role in the creature living. The Portuguese Man of War is a beautiful creature that plays in an important role in the ecosystem
Like the Regal Angelfish Im going to describe the Sea Goblin.You may think that it sound's scary (it is) but im going to to tell you how to identify it so you know what it is.You can identify it by it's color it's pale pinkish with blue colored fin's.You can also identify it by it has small eye's and its razor sharp teeth (for eating yeesh!)So that is how to identify a Sea Goblin
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lives in the deep water with only little light.The goblin shark has a long nose, and it has wicked teeth,and it is purple. they suck up there prey and then they crush there dinner. Japan has known about the goblin shark for 100 years. That goblin shark looks ugly.
Also hey are very unique and interesting. They can get up to 15ft long. Next blue sharks like to move around so they don’t stay in one spot for long. At last watching the movie jaws made people have many opinions that are oncel sharks. People find sharks very threatening but they are just like us.
Komodo Dragons are the largest species of lizards in the entire world, the biggest ones weighing three-hundred to three-hundred and ninety pounds with a length of eight to ten feet long. They are muscular with thick tails and long claws on their broad feet. An average Komodo Dragon will have four to five sets of sixty curved and serrated teeth in its lifetime. A Dragon’s eye sight and smell is so good that they can detect a rotting carcass from miles away! Komodos can even swim well due to their muscular tails.
The ocean covers a very widespread area of the Earth with more than 70 percent of the surface covered in water. In this vast capacity of water there are many objects and species of all different kinds which are yet to be discovered. However there is one particular species of fish that I will be presenting for you today. The Lates Calcarifer or otherwise known as the Barramundi is a very unique fish which has a lot of different characteristics and facts so pay attention.
Bowler states that there isn’t evidence whether Darwin supported social Darwinism. There is a lot of ambiguity and no one knows the real answer. However, interpretations of Darwin’s belief “range the whole gamut from open accusations that Darwin promoted aggressive individualism to denials that he had any sympathy for such views”. There is a lot of contradictions regarding Darwin’s view because his different passages can be interpreted in different ways. In some passages it seems that he promotes it, but in others he clearly opposes it. For instance, Bowler mentions that Darwin “saw a role for both individual and tribal struggle in the evolution of man and feared that the relaxation of selection in civilized communities could be harmful to
In contrast to this, assisted suicide is the conscious decision to end your own life. The act of ending a child’s life without their consent is legal in a multitude places, and therefore, making an informed decision to end your own life to save yourself from suffering should be made legal as well. Capital punishment, suicide and abortion are all strongly controversial topics, but there are many places where each of these actions is legal. Each topic is quite negative in comparison to assisted suicide, and so, assisted suicide should be made legal everywhere.