Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Glaucus atlanticus 1.jpg

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Natural History: Glaucus atlanticus, commonly known as the blue sea slug, is a striking marine gastropod found in the open ocean. Its vivid blue coloration serves as both camouflage and a warning signal, while its unique feeding behavior involves consuming venomous prey such as Portuguese man-of-war Physalia, contributing to its ecological significance in ocean ecosystems.
Reason: This is is a striking composition of two Delft blue otherworldly sea creatures, expertly photogaphed. The work appears to have been photoshopped to highten the background contrast; otherwise, based on other photos available on the Web, the colours appear to be true. Featuring this image will draw attention to the marvellous variety of sea life.
Proposed caption: Glaucus atlanticus. This is a nudibranch, or sea slug, of the family Glaucidae, the only member of the genus Glaucus. It typically grows to 4 cm in length. The slug is distributed throughout the world's oceans in temperate and tropical waters. G. atlanticus preys on the Portuguese Man o' War and other surface-dwelling sea animals. Occasionally Glaucus will feed on others of its kind

Support as nominator Verne Equinox 04:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- By coincidence, this morning I noticed a very similar looking image of Glaucus atlanticus in the latest issue of National Geographic; it was photographed in Hawaii.Verne Equinox 13:38, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very striking. Nice find, VE. SingCal 13:07, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support a high quality image. very encyclopedic. --Malachirality 16:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very clean, illustrates the subject well. -- Coneslayer 17:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above.I tried to add some links to the caption.--Here T oHelp 02:00, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support especially if the shadows are authentic, not synthetic. They look that way to me, but it'd be nice to have that confirmed. de Bivort 02:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Whoa! Extraordinary animal photograph. What a weird critter. Spikebrennan 13:50, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wow. High value, high quality. --Aqwis 14:19, 25 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Impressive. NauticaShad e s 16:07, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Glaucus atlanticus 1.jpg MER-C 06:58, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]