NAME THAT ANIMAL!

4 Responses to NAME THAT ANIMAL!

1. Alex West

   21/12/2009 at 15:52

   Tricky one before Christmas … dont think its a fish, maybe some type of nudibranch?

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2. Alex West

   21/12/2009 at 16:37

   … after a little more internet exploration – I’d wager this animal to be Glaucus atlanticus, an apparently quite interesting species of nudibranch. It feeds almost exclusively on the notoriously venomous Portuguese Man o’ War and can even adopt their stinging nematocysts, storing them in specialised structures called cnidosacs where they are recycled for use in their own defence.

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   • Liv Spencer

     22/12/2009 at 21:00

     I’d definitely wager a nudibranch, with a really surprisingly cute baby nudibranch next to it?

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3. samantha wittell

   31/01/2010 at 07:30

   Glaucus atlanticus. Most definitely i am doing a report on this very interesting creature(witch is known as the blue ocean slug)

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