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Visitors to Padre Island National Seashore National Park in Texas, United States discovered a species of blue dragons. Although it’s not about the mythological flying creatures, it’s still “a rare find,” the park said in a Facebook statement.
On May 2, Hunter Lane, a 7-year-old boy from Mesa, Arizona, found in a few minutes four of these strange sea creatures while strolling along one of the park’s beaches.. Her father Trey Lane told CNN that he has visited the sea for 30 years and has never seen a blue dragon.
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“Hunter loves sea creatures and thought he had found a blue jellyfish,” Trey told the US network. “He told me that he had discovered a new species,” he added.
According to the non-profit conservation organization Oceana, Blue dragons or Glaucus atlanticus are small sea slugs, usually only 3 or 4 centimeters, that have a very dangerous sting. They can be found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans because they prefer temperate and tropical waters.
These creatures can be dangerous because they have a relentless defensive technique, because of the small blue jellyfish that they eat.
Its blue color allows them to camouflage themselves in the water. Further, They float on their backs and move using currents, so they are rarely seen by humans or by predators.
Even though these creatures are not as big as dragons or spit fire from their mouths, They can be dangerous and cause damage due to their relentless defensive technique, due to the small blue jellyfish that they eat.
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When humans touch these tiny slugs, they can release stinging cells and create a sting that may hurt more than a jellyfish.
When humans touch these tiny slugs, they can release stinging cells and create a sting that may hurt more than a jellyfish.
When humans touch these tiny slugs, they can release stinging cells and create a sting that may hurt more than a jellyfish.
Oceana reports that blue dragons feed on Portuguese caravel (a kind of jellyfish), however, they do not digest their stinging cells, but store them in the intestine and send them from there to their feathers, or fingers, to be able to use them in the future and protect itself from possible attacks.
“Blue dragons are very small, but don’t let their size fool you, they have a defense worthy of the dragon name,” says a statement from the park on Facebook.
When humans touch these tiny slugs, they can release stinging cells and create a sting that hurts more than that of a common jellyfish. So The park warns that “if you see a blue dragon, be amazed because it is a rare find, but also keep your distance.”
Recently, many visitors to the site have seen the dragons, Jamie Kennedy, a park spokeswoman, told CNN. However, the reason for the arrival of this species to the Texas coast is still not clear, because, according to the official, in the two years she has been working there, she has never heard of this species.
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