Blue Ocean Slug pictured
What are they?
Blue Ocean Slugs, or glaucus atlanticus, are small sea slugs that live in the ocean.
The blue ocean slugs are part of the ‘blue tide’ group of animals which includes bluebottle jellyfish.
What do they eat?
Feasting on some of the most poisonous jelly fish in the ocean, the blue dragons seem to favour the deadly Portuguese man o’war.
The blue slugs take the poison from the jellyfish it is eating and stores it to use against predators.
How big are they?
The rarely-seen blue dragons grown up to three centimetres long.
Where are they found?
The majestic looking slugs live in warm, tropical waters and follow the current which leaves them being washed up on shore at times.
Are they deadly to humans?
People are advised not to touch the blue sea slugs because they may receive a painful sting.
The sting could be potentially dangerous.