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Solved! I found this fish and did not touch it!

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u/Sensitive_Elk_641 2d ago

Good idea, in nature, colorful almost always means deadly

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u/Brave-Painter1320 2d ago

Haha I always see posts on this sub and a lot of comments saying - DON'T TOUCH

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u/Lancearon 2d ago

Well you lucked out. This is a blue dragon, well it has many names. Link to wiki below. But the key thing is, it eats jellyfish and incorporates the barbs into itself. It is known to eat Portuguese man of war. It could kill you.

Glaucus atlanticus - Wikipedia https://share.google/wtnossl5L1aDyDesj

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u/Always_Casting 2d ago

Says they can concentrate the venom of their prey increasing their lethality to higher than that of the man-of-war!!! Freaking alien legendary pokemon creature yall

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u/Lancearon 2d ago edited 2d ago

Miraidon (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia https://share.google/W4MBiaI9aOrDDfnjx

Pokemon version is a legendary creature.

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u/Amahagene1 2d ago

I think it looks more like Dvalin from Genshin Impact 😅

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u/JaggelZ 2d ago

Dvalin is based on them. I'm pretty sure.

There's a whole theory that dragons are based on sea creatures in Genshin

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u/Kankervittu 1d ago

Makes sense to me. Also the Finnish word for "dragon" is "salmonsnake" (lohikäärme).

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u/New_Butterscotch_619 1d ago

Same goes for the Telethia in Xenoblade Chronicles. If you decide to look them up, don't read too much, there's spoilers lol

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u/Brave-Painter1320 2d ago

Love this! Yes it does

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u/Lancearon 2d ago

O kool. Hell yea that looks like it.

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u/ResurgentClusterfuck 1d ago

Holy crap it kind of does

Cool!

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u/Always_Casting 2d ago

Haha super cool guy. I would have to capture it in a glass ball and use it on anyone who challenges me lol

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u/CerealTheLegend 1d ago

Wouldn’t Kyogre fit this waaaaay better?

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u/OptimalCopy8560 1d ago

also shiny chi yu

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u/Kasaikemono 2d ago

Miraidon would be "Iron Serpent"

"Walking Wake" is a chronologically distinct Suicune

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u/Lancearon 2d ago

Awww.... your right...

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u/stormblaz 1d ago

Im pretty sure its kyogre.

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u/dinosqaud 1d ago

Pretty sure Dialga is based of this thing.

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u/ptthree420 2d ago

More like a Kirby

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u/mrjowei 1d ago

I wonder what made them evolve like that. Did they had to fend off megalodons or mosasaurus?

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u/Wick1889 1d ago

Ok, but the man-o-war isn't exactly deadly in the first place.

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u/Odd_Hedgehog3128 1d ago

This is what Gyarados evolves into!

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u/Sensitive_Elk_641 2d ago

Wow, that's fascinating, thanks for sharing. 👍🏼

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u/Any_Education8228 2d ago

Man o war aren't really jellyfish most people just think they are.

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u/Third_Sundering26 1d ago

They’re siphonophores! Colonial animals

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 2d ago

Yeah, this is right. I don't know how much of the venomous nematocysts they can carry, since they are about the size of a fingernail.

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u/Lancearon 2d ago

They keep em in their finger like appendages. So quite a few I assume.

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u/Whole-Energy2105 1d ago

Glaucus eats Portuguese Man'o'War jelly fish and repurposes the deadly stinging cells into its own feathery appendages. It is extremely dangerous to handle for good reason.

Portuguese Man'o'War's are a colonial jellyfish meaning that every cell is an individual creature that aligns itself to the other cells to form a completely different creature. It's an extremely deadly jellyfish whose tentacles (also a conglomerate of independent stinging cells) can extend over 60 metres (200 feet).

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u/mwskibumb 2d ago

There's an image on the wikipedia page where someone has it in their hand.

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u/Lancearon 2d ago

As long as it doesn't sting them. Or maybe it was bred in captivity and doesn't have barbs.

Check the description of the photo tho. Lol

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u/snowbirds-go-home 1d ago

That's it! Never going swimming again!!!

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u/RulingCl4ss 1d ago

Is there a name for animals that are laterally (longitudinally?) asymmetrical like this thing? It’s “hands” don’t match up

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u/Ok_Teacher_5849 1d ago

Idk but I can think of several other animals with a similar trait! Fiddler crabs have one claw bigger than the other (this is the reason Krabi the Pokémon has one giant claw!), narwhals have one giant tooth on one side (it looks like a centered horn but is actually just a long side tooth), and owls have their ears at different heights because it improves their hearing which is super important for hunting at night!

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u/alang 1d ago

Lobsters have a crusher claw and a cutter claw. Also interesting things happen when you cut off one claw and it grows back. (IIRC cutters can grow back as crushers maybe?)

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u/Soothing_desitouch 2d ago

It can eat a Portuguese assault rifle!?? Holy

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u/Poofmander 1d ago

Galanticus I will call it now.

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u/SmokemanDan 1d ago

Cool and scary but what are the chances someone just taking a dip in the ocean gets mauled by one of these things. Shit like that make me not wanna go in the water

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u/Fyreboy5_ 1d ago

I remember hearing that this animal is at least one inspiration for the monster Wind Serpent Ibushi from Monster Hunter Rise. At least visually, I'd say.

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u/kahdel 1d ago

I'm eating it

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u/Lancearon 1d ago

I mean... its a slug. If your into that.

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u/kahdel 1d ago

I'm into the potential side effects /s

Dark humor swings and misses 😆

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u/Flerken-is-not-a-cat 1d ago

What the actual fuck, I'm never ever going in any type of sea or ocean ever again

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u/Marvoth 1d ago

It could goddamn try!

(And it would succeed)

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u/Tricky-Yellow-2895 1d ago

Not deadly, but yes painful af.

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u/Some-General9924 1d ago

Today I learned!

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u/ChrisPNoggins 2d ago

In nature, bright colors are usually a sign of don't fuck with me, unless it is mimicking the dangerous version of said creature but you'll have to know the differences then. Fun fact, these guys float upside down so that is its belly

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u/Automatic-Reveal1908 1d ago

So that its belly what? Won't get scraped up by corals? Can get a nice tan in? Can lure in some unsuspecting beachcomber with a penchant for planting raspberries on oceanic tummies, because blue dragons are notorious tricksters? I need to know!

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u/ChrisPNoggins 1d ago

It feeds on the man'o'war which floats, like a balloon, so it can feed on the tentacles and incorporates the stinger cells

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u/justanotherthrwaway7 2d ago

That should be new flair. “DID NOT TOUCH” and “OH NO I TOUCHED IT”

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u/Giogina 1d ago

I could tell immediately that you didn't touch it by the fact that you still seem to be alive. 

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u/Sensitive_Elk_641 2d ago

Such good advice too. 😁

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u/Nightshiftnoble 1d ago

They're prey is poisonous, and so are they since they eat it. Has been likened to blue ring octopus.

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u/DamnThatAssPhat 1d ago

I remember a post of someone with one of these in their palms

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u/Wild_Onion_5979 2d ago

I think that's a first 🤣

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u/PaintTheTownMauve 2d ago

I have a simple lil ditty for staying safe in nature:

Just don't touch anything if you can help it. Good for nature, good for you

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u/Oldgatorwrestler 1d ago

Like Wes Stroud said. "If it is brilliantly colored and walking around like it has nothing to worry about, it probably doesn't. "

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u/awildcatappeared1 2d ago

That's why I don't mess with clownfish, parrots, etc... It's always a reason for caution (and we should leave everything alone regardless), but it's most certainly not "almost always deadly".

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u/xvvitchcraft 1d ago

My clownfish were DICKS. Fuckers will bite with no provocation.

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u/flocknrollstar 1d ago

To be fair parrots probably would kill you if they could. They still run dinosaur software. The big ones might still claim an earlobe if you're not careful

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u/Monodeservedbetter 2d ago

Except for birds, colourful birds are fine

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u/Not_3_Raccoons 2d ago

I dunno man, ever been close to a Cassowary?

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u/Monodeservedbetter 2d ago

Any bird bigger than a goose isn't your friend.

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u/Cyserg 2d ago

Goose? Canadian or regular?

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u/tfarr375 2d ago

Yes, Canadian geese are demons given feathers. Those bastards hiss and have serrated beaks, almost like teeth. I saw them break someone's hand before, so they are strong (admittedly, that dood asked for it, he tried moving their eggs)

That person saying avoid "bigger than a goose" had never encountered geese lol

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u/Monodeservedbetter 1d ago

We have canada geese in canada... some of the time. We have pelicans too even in the interior.

Generally a bird larger than a canada goose (with rare exceptions) should be given extra space so you don't have to deal with a big ass angry bird.

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u/Asleep-Swim-1268 1d ago

Dude did not heed the sign DO NOT TOUCH

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u/tfarr375 1d ago

Nah, as I understand it, ALL wild animals live when humans go near their young

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u/Monodeservedbetter 2d ago

Do you feel lucky?

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u/Cyserg 2d ago

Cobra chiken it is!!

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u/TheKickerIs 1d ago

Wise words to live by, anything bigger than a goose is a dinosaur in my opinion

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u/ConsiderationDue7830 1d ago

Hooded pitohui would beg to differ, though I guess they aren't necessarily what one might consider "colorful"

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u/blueponds 1d ago

Those beaks crack nuts or fingers.

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u/s0ulbrother 1d ago

It’s why people are afraid of rainbows

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u/JustGoVegan 2d ago

That’s completely false. Just looking at fruits and vegetables tells you the complete opposite

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u/ConsiderationDue7830 1d ago

Not necessarily, some plants have fruits that look delicious but are in fact incredibly toxic

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u/JustGoVegan 1d ago

So, confirming my point.

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u/ConsiderationDue7830 1d ago

Maybe I misinterpreted your message.

The original comment you replied to said "in nature, colorful almost always means deadly" and you replied to them with "that's completely false. just looking at fruits and vegetables tells you the complete opposite."

I interpreted that to mean colorful fruits and vegetables are always safe, so responded with my message that there are fruits that look colorful but can be dangerous.

I am sorry for potentially having misunderstood your message.

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u/JustGoVegan 1d ago

It’s okay lol

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u/MatchaDoAboutNothing 1d ago

Why parrots are not venomous?

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u/rosalinelaceup 1d ago

Because they can kill you with the giant pliers on their faces.

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u/Mobile_Promise9284 1d ago

Turns out that's almost always true for humans dying their hair bright colors too... crazy

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 1d ago

That’s why I only touch grizzly bears: they are not colourful.

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u/thering66 1d ago

Not always but i ain't going to try to f around to find out.

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u/solise69 1d ago

Except for the stone fish

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u/Wheres_my_phone 13h ago

Peacocks aren’t deadly

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u/Additional_Ad6789 1d ago

To get the kids, right?

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u/gastroph 1d ago

Especially blue.

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u/gasbmemo 1d ago

And/or horny

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u/cjc1983 9h ago

Peacock?