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Beautiful, Blue, and Brutal: Why You Shouldn’t Touch Cape Town’s Newest Beach Visitors
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The Newspaper |
These tiny, electric-blue creatures are Blue Dragon sea slugs (Glaucus atlanticus), and while they are undeniably beautiful, experts warn that they pack a punch far above their weight class.
The “Blue Fleet” ArrivesThe arrival of these “dragons” isn’t a planned visit.
Known as the “Blue Fleet,” these surface-dwelling mollusks drift upside-down across the open ocean, carried entirely by winds and currents.
When the summer heat meets our notorious South-Easterly winds, they often find themselves stranded on the Cape shoreline.
The Electric Blue: Their vibrant blue side faces up, blending with the ocean surface to hide from birds above.