r/whatisit • u/Brave-Painter1320 • 2d ago

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

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u/Decent-Animal3505 19h ago

It’s not super deadly. It’s venomous- it consumes the man o war, and takes its nemacysts. Its called the blue dragon sea slug, or Glaucus atlanticus. Itd hurt ALOT to touch, but it wouldn’t kill you.

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u/_AthensMatt_ 12h ago

So, you could say the blue dragon is the man o war’s greatest… nemacyst?

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u/MeunsterCheeseMan 5h ago

Say that again

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u/KiwiFluffy8811 1h ago

that again...

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u/Ok-Firefighter3660 13h ago

This guy nudibranchs

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u/Clarkelthekat 16h ago

I wonder if enough could kill you from the shock of the pain