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They look dangerous. Are they?
That’s a Blue Dragon (Glaucus atlanticus). They can eat the nematocysts from jellyfish and store them to reuse as their own stinging cells. So…“dangerous,” not really but as painful as they are beautiful…oh yes.
You don’t consider stinging jellyfish as dangerous?
What? No one is comparing them. The question was asked, are they dangerous? OP mused that they have no natural weapons, or danger per se, but instead borrow the jellyfish’s defense. So they are painful in their defense. Likely not aggressive.
“Despite the unsavory or toxic taste they can present to their non-human predators, most nudibranchs are harmless to humans, except those like Glaucus atlanticus which consumes nematocytes and so may consider you a predator and sting”
here’s a better quality pic
Nice!
I’m more inclined to say that nudibranches are pretty.
I’m ok with that.
