Blue sea slug (Glaucus atlanticus) approaching the venom-filled tentacles of a Indo-Pacific Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia utriculus). Both were washed ashore as part of a mass, multi-day stranding of thousands of Portuguese man-of-war. Glaucus nudibranchs are immune to the venom of the blue bottles that they consume. South Africa.

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7787 x 5191 px | 65.9 x 44 cm | 26 x 17.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
26 November 2017Photographer:
Tony Wu