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The blue dragon has a potentially deadly sting(Image: SOLARPIX.COM)<\/p>\nBrits on holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca have been warned of ‘blue dragons’, which have a potentially deadly sting and have led to tourists being barred from entering the sea in placesThe blue dragon has a potentially deadly sting(Image: SOLARPIX.COM)<\/p>\n
Tourists have been banned from going into the water along an entire seven-mile stretch of Spain\u2019s Costa Blanca<\/a> because of rare sea creatures with a sting that can kill.<\/p>\n Reg flags went up on beaches <\/a>in the municipality of Guardamar del Segura just north of Torrevieja following the appearance of so-called blue dragons, which have been branded \u201cthe most beautiful killer in the ocean\u201d. The sea slug, also known as Glaucus atlanticus, feeds on the deadly Portuguese man o\u2019 war and other venomous sea beasts.<\/p>\n The dazzling blue creature absorbs the stinging cells from its food and stores them in concentrated doses, giving it a far more potent sting than its prey. Typical symptoms of the blue dragon\u2019s sting include nausea, pain, vomiting and acute allergic contact dermatitis.<\/p>\n READ MORE: BT warning for anyone who still has UK landline in their home<\/a>READ MORE: Best and worst GP surgeries across the UK named – check your area <\/a> Guardamar del Segura\u2019s mayor Jose Luis Saez, confirming the sea ban order yesterday which he indicated would remain in place until further notice, said on his official X account: \u201cRed flag on the beaches of Guardamar.<\/p>\n \u201cBathing is prohibited following the appearance on Vivers Beach of two specimens of Glaucus atlanticus, known as the Blue Dragon.<\/p>\n \u201cWe remind people that despite its bright and striking colour and its small 1.5 inch size, they should stay away from this animal because of its sting.<\/p>\n \u201cGuardamar del Segura Town Hall has launched a preventive operation to detect possible specimens carried by ocean currents. Town hall workers are closely following the evolution of the situation and will inform people about the different measures to be taken.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you see one of these creatures don\u2019t touch it, even with gloves on, alert lifeguards and other authorities. If you get stung, wash the area affected with salt water and head to your nearest first aid point or health centre.<\/p>\n \u201cThese creatures are poisonous and their stings can cause nausea, pain and vomiting. For the time being and until further notice, bathing in the sea is prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n Vivers Beach, a natural stretch of coast south of the Segura River and north of La Babilonia Beach, was said to be full of people yesterday although less people than normal were in the sea, defying the bathing ban order and risking heavy fines.<\/p>\n Lifeguards with loudhailers are expected to remind tourists and locals today about the prohibition according to local reports, although sunseekers will still be allowed to head to beaches if they don\u2019t take a dip in the sea.<\/p>\n Red flags went up at Santa Barbara beach in La Linea de la Concepcion near Gibraltar on Sunday after police received an emergency call about a blue dragon sighting and six were later found on the shoreline. It was reopened to bathers the following day, with a yellow warning flag up instead of the red one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brits on holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca have been warned of ‘blue dragons’, which have a potentially deadly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2837,49,48,66,7413,51741,323],"class_list":{"0":"post-87332","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-spain","13":"tag-spain-holidays","14":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755818113_996_1_PAY-FULL-COPY-BY-NATALIA-PENZA-natypenzagmailcom-TEL-34-659-567-821-TOURISTS-have-been-banne.jpg\")
A notice warning people about the blue dragons(Image: SOLARPIX.COM)<\/p>\n![\"Blue](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_PAY-FULL-COPY-BY-NATALIA-PENZA-natypenzagmailcom-TEL-34-659-567-821-TOURISTS-have-been-banne.jpg\")
Blue dragons are tiny creature(Image: SOLARPIX.COM)<\/p>\n