The coolest sea slug in the world!

[Bongo Shrimp]

It can't swim and is carried by currents of the ocean. They have nematocysts and can sting like jellyfish. Although not really practical for the home aquarium because well it can't swim, stings, and ONLY floats on the surface partially exposed to the air. Not 100% sure it can sting a human but it eats Portuguese man o war and other hydrozoans that are potentially deadly to humans.

 

I would pay some serious $$$ for one of these...

 

This is #2 in my favorite list of all time most awesome sea animals.

 

 

So WHAT IS IT?

 

 

 

 

Glaucus atlanticus

 

 

Here is some info on Seaslugforum: The Sea Slug Forum - Glaucus atlanticus

 

Awesome right?

[ryeguy28]

soooooooooooooooo cooooooooooooooooool

[Jacobnano]

Too bad they have specific diets and only live for a short time.

[el fabuloso]

I want one in my pico.

[glennr1978]

That thing is badass. Anything that EATS a man o war is badass.

[Justind823]

I want one in my pico.

 

Hah it'd be perfect for yours, it could chill right on top of that monti.

[Bongo Shrimp]

It would be kinda cool to make a super super shallow tank to have a few of these in, the only problem is feeding. Think they make enriched frozen man o war cubes?

[zachxbass]

It would be kinda cool to make a super super shallow tank to have a few of these in, the only problem is feeding. Think they make enriched frozen man o war cubes?

 

actually the fish store i work at sells both frozen man o' war, and live man o' war. We have small and large. $0.50 for small. $1.00 for large

[animalmaster6]

That thing is badass. Anything that EATS a man o war is badass.

+1

[hahaximmaxfish]

That thing is badass. Anything that EATS a man o war is badass.

+1

[Nanobuds]

That thing is badass. Anything that EATS a man o war is badass.

+2

[SbCaes]

+2

 

these things are hella dangerous too. they incorporate the poisons from the man o war into themselves. (prob more so than the man o wars themselves......) O_O"

[got2envy]

I was stung by a man o' war when I was a kid...all I can say is, it hurts like a beeatch.

 

 

show me what eats the Irukandji Jellyfish (Carukia barnesi) and we got ourselves a killah!!!!!!!!

[aaibillinair]

quik clip at end on slug

 

[Fishfreak218]

lol how did you manage to find that video?

 

 

these remind me of that new movie avatar

[monosyth]

That looks like something from Avatar. Beautiful!

 

edit: beat by fishfreak! but it's true! anyone else see the coco worms in that movie?

[jm82792]

I didn't find something that cool,

but I found a sea-hair the size of a sausage!

Only if I had a 200 gallon tank,

then i could have taken it.

[supernip]

the coolest sea slug in the world is the blue dragon, Pteraeolidia ianthina, which also happens to be photosynthetic

 

[coolwaters]

Looks like a Shuriken dipped in poison. probably just as dangerous too...