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czemu jest dziwny?

-G. atlanticus is a predator that feeds on larger and poisonous


organisms (e. g. the Portuguese seafarer). Atlanticus collects
poison from other animals in order to poison its prey.That’s why the
animals don’t attack him because they’re afraid.
-if there is nothing to eat, it eats individuals of its species.
-Galacticus is a very good camouflage, which makes him
inconspicuous to his enemies and future victims.
-Galacticus has a very strong poison in it. If someone touches a
blue dragon, Atlanticus puts it on a predator that dies instantly.
-Its characteristic feature is swimming “head down”, with gas in its
stomach. Gasses help it to stay on the water’s surface

Gdzie żyje?
The maximum number of Galaticus is observed off the coast of
South East Africa and Australia. They are very rare in European
waters. This is due to the fact that the blue dragons live in the
marine areas of the Tropical Belt.
Unlike other snails, they are always close to the water surface, at
the pelagial waters, and never live below.

Co to?
Blue sea dragon is spieces of small, blue, shell-less, sea slug. It
shares the common name "blue dragon" with Pteraeolidia ianthina
and G. marginatus.At maturity G. atlanticus can be up to 3 cm in
length, though larger individuals have been found. It can live up to a
year under the right conditions. It is silvery grey on its dorsal side
(grzbiet) and dark and pale blue ventrally (brzuszna). It has dark
blue stripes on its head. It has a flat, tapering body and six
appendages that branch out into rayed, finger-like cerata. The
radula (a characteristic chitinous fold at the bottom of the throat of
mollusks. It is used to detach pieces of food, its scraping and
grinding.) of this species has serrated teeth which, paired with a
strong jaw and denticles, allows it to grasp and "chip down" parts of
its prey.
Odkrycie
The first records of this species date back to the beginning of the
18th century. The researcher from Gdańsk Johann Breyne
described an individual observed in Ibiza in his book as a type of
leech. It owes its name to Georg Forster (German naturalist,
ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary), who
described and named the animal in 1777, based on materials
collected during his expedition with James Cook across the Pacific
Ocean. Several other variants of this species were discovered later,
but most of them are now considered synonyms

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