DRAGON SIGHTING

BLUE Sea Dragons have been discovered off the Alicante coast for the first time in over 300 years.

A number of specimens of the sea slug have been found at Torrevieja, Orihuela Costa and Guardamar beaches. The last sighting of the creatures in the area was in 1705.

“This is an extraordinary discovery that adds to the mystery surrounding the presence of this small marine invertebrate on our coasts”, researchers Juan Antonio Pujol, Raquel Lopez and Nicolas Ubero said.

The creatures are usually found in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. They feed on jellyfish, including the feared Portuguese man-of-war. They may be only three centimetres long but they pack a punch. They store stinging cells from their prey in their own tentacles which can then be used against careless people.