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Blue Dragons Image: Facebook / Hunter Lee via Padre Island National Seashore
A rare type of sea creature, commonly known as a blue dragon, was seen by some tourists washed ashore on the Padre Island National Seashore (PINS) in Texas, United States.
The blue glaucus or blue dragon is a type of nudibranch (sea slug) that only grows up to 3 centimeters, according to the PINS National Park Service Facebook page last Thursday, May 7. Despite its size, the page advises curious tourists to stay away from The Sea Creature.
According to PINS, blue dragons are a “predator of the Portuguese warship,” a poisonous siphonophore that is often mistaken for a jellyfish.
“After eating, they move the stabbing cells of the warship to the end of their” fingers, “” the park said. “Because they can concentrate the sting cells together, their sting can be more painful than that of a warship!”
“So if you see a dragon in the park, be amazed as it is a rare find, but also keep your distance!” added.
The photos used by the local park were captured by Hunter Lane, 7, who apparently found the blue dragon on the beach on May 3.
The Lane family saw several blue dragons during their trip to the beach at PINS last week. They apparently took some photos of the creature, but eventually released the creatures into the ocean, ABC-affiliated KSAT-TV reported Friday, May 8. Lane’s mother Leah also narrated how Hunter wanted to touch the sea creature but thought against that.
“Hunter really wanted to touch it, I don’t blame him, I did too, since they look so soft and squishy,” he said. “After thinking about it, he (Hunter) even said, ‘It could be like the poisonous frog mom, it’s a little shiny, which is a warning.’ Smart boy. ‘
The mother added that she and her husband had spent years camping and visiting the area, but neither of them had seen sea creatures so far.
Since PINS published about Hunter’s finding, other citizens have been reporting that they also saw the sea creature on the beach.
“A lot of people are finding them lately,” a PINS spokesperson said in the report. “That will often happen with animals that one group will wash at the same time.”
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an American attorney, Daniel Uhlfelder, recently disguised as a Grim Reaper, to remind the public of the dangerous effects of not following the patterns of social distancing on open beaches “prematurely” in the United States. Cha Lino /JB
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