{"id":32118,"date":"2023-09-22T17:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ed212a40-e13f-4327-ae70-91431a6f1a4e"},"modified":"2023-09-22T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T16:35:45","slug":"meet-21-blue-animals-from-the-pretty-blue-speckled-tree-monitor-to-the-vivd-blue-poison-dart-frog","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/meet-21-blue-animals-from-the-pretty-blue-speckled-tree-monitor-to-the-vivd-blue-poison-dart-frog\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet 21 blue animals, from the pretty blue-speckled tree monitor to the vivd blue poison dart frog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Megan Shersby\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 22 September 2023 at 15:10 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><h2 id=\"h-\"\/><p>Blue might be one of nature&#8217;s rarest colours but blue animals might be more common than you think. Meet our favourite blue animals from the common to the rare &#8211; there may be some surprises&#8230;<\/p><h2>21 blue animals<\/h2><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\/><p>Blue poison dart frogs from Surinam, South America. \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/09\/Peacock.jpg?fit=1024,1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90487\"\/><\/figure><p>The showy and dazzling peacock in all its glory \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1020248264-c58d21f.jpg?w=800\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is GettyImages-1020248264-c58d21f.jpg\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure><p>Blue-speckled tree monitor, found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. \u00a9 Westranger\/Getty<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-986491702-6ef1687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41545\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Can this be real? A beautiful blue dragon sea slug. \u00a9 S.Rohrlach\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/09\/Blue-carpenter-bee.jpg?fit=1024,1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90484\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A blue carpenter bee, Xylocopa caerulea, on a flower.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>The blue carpenter bee (<em>Xylocopa caerulea<\/em>) from south-east Asia. \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3474\" height=\"2285\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-546265337-2fba763.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41559\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue tit in spring on a small branch. \u00a9 Mark L Stanley\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-1466863943.jpg?fit=1024,1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90489\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Portuguese man o&#8217; war (Physalia physalis) washed up on St. Catherine&#8217;s Beach in Bermuda<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>A washed up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/animal-facts\/insects-invertebrates\/what-is-a-portuguese-man-of-war\">Portuguese Man o\u2019 War<\/a> &#8211; watch out for its sting! \u00a9 Getty images<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1411\" height=\"2124\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2019\/07\/Common-blue-butterfly-on-marjoram_Origanum-vulgare_GettyImages-128107718-6c70259.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32157\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Common blue butterfly on marjoram. \u00a9 Ian West\/Oxford Scientific\/Getty Images Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2115\" height=\"1417\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-641013512-cd8b5ad.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41552\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Grand Cayman blue iguana. \u00a9 Michael Fitzsimmons\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1414\" height=\"2121\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-611323170-213708b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41558\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sri Lankan blue magpie in Sri Lanka. \u00a9 feathercollector\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2023\/09\/Blue-Bielzia-coerulans-slug--scaled.jpg?fit=1024,1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90492\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portrait Blue Bielzia coerulans slug crawls over dry leaves in forest. Carpathian blue slug or blue slug selective focus<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Blue Bielzia coerulans slug\u00a0\u00a9 getty Images<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2025\" height=\"1481\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-521030844-0ea3dbc.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41557\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue jays in the snow. \u00a9 Gary Carter\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1190648244-ad18d4a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41548\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Striped surgeonfish at the Great Barrier Reef, Unesco World Heritage Site. \u00a9 Norbert Probst\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2124\" height=\"1411\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-149215908-1dba7a7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41551\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A young panther chameleon. \u00a9 fotoclick\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1463\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-504116102-06a2704.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41561\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Common kingfisher in Sussex, UK. \u00a9 Lillian King\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3429\" height=\"2286\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-558002339-8a9656a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41547\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue shark in the sunlight at Gordon&#8217;s Bay, Azores. \u00a9 Margriet Tilstra\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"3008\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1266583900-485a703.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41554\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue-winged kookaburra. \u00a9 Rini Kools\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2062\" height=\"1454\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-520480992-7b1d30d.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41553\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Eastern bluebird. \u00a9 Gary Carter\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2934\" height=\"1956\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1149545975-9685635.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41565\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An emperor dragonfly. \u00a9 Anne Richardson\/500px\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2125\" height=\"1411\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-97542517-a7e010f.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41546\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Blue-girdled angelfish, also known as majestic angelfish, swimming past soft corals in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. \u00a9 Georgette Douwma\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-landscape_thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2121\" height=\"1414\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2021\/01\/GettyImages-1264117692-f2706b1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41549\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Normally brown in colour, male sinai agama lizards turn blue in the mating season to attract females. \u00a9 Grandbrothers\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Megan Shersby Published: Friday, 22 September 2023 at 15:10 PM Blue might be one of nature&#8217;s rarest colours but blue animals might be more common than you think. 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