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21 blue animals to marvel at <\/p>

By Megan Shersby\n <\/p>

Published: Monday, 05 February 2024 at 15:23 PM<\/p>

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Blue might be one of nature’s rarest colours but blue animals might be more common than you think. Meet our favourite blue animals from the common to the rare – and there may be some surprises…<\/p>

22 blue animals<\/h2>
Blue poison dart frogs from Surinam, South America. \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p>
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The showy and dazzling peacock in all its glory \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p>
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Blue-speckled tree monitor, found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. \u00a9 Westranger\/Getty<\/p>
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Can this be real? A beautiful blue dragon sea slug. \u00a9 S.Rohrlach\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A blue carpenter bee, Xylocopa caerulea, on a flower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
The blue carpenter bee (Xylocopa caerulea<\/em>) from south-east Asia. \u00a9 Getty Images<\/p>
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Blue tit in spring on a small branch. \u00a9 Mark L Stanley\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A Portuguese man o’ war (Physalia physalis) washed up on St. Catherine’s Beach in Bermuda<\/figcaption><\/figure>
A washed up Portuguese Man o\u2019 War<\/a> – watch out for its sting! \u00a9 Getty images<\/p>
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Common blue butterfly on marjoram. \u00a9 Ian West\/Oxford Scientific\/Getty Images Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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The Grand Cayman blue iguana. \u00a9 Michael Fitzsimmons\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Sri Lankan blue magpie in Sri Lanka. \u00a9 feathercollector\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Portrait Blue Bielzia coerulans slug crawls over dry leaves in forest. Carpathian blue slug or blue slug selective focus<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Blue Bielzia coerulans slug\u00a0\u00a9 getty Images<\/p>
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Blue jays in the snow. \u00a9 Gary Carter\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Striped surgeonfish at the Great Barrier Reef, Unesco World Heritage Site. \u00a9 Norbert Probst\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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A young panther chameleon. \u00a9 fotoclick\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Common kingfisher in Sussex, UK. \u00a9 Lillian King\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Blue shark in the sunlight at Gordon’s Bay, Azores. \u00a9 Margriet Tilstra\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Blue shark<\/em><\/a> in the sunlight at Gordon’s Bay, Azores. \u00a9 Margriet Tilstra\/Getty<\/em><\/p>
$\"\"$ Blue-winged kookaburra. \u00a9 Rini Kools\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
Blue-winged kookaburra. \u00a9 Rini Kools\/Getty<\/em><\/p>
$\"\"$ Eastern bluebird. \u00a9 Gary Carter\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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An emperor dragonfly. \u00a9 Anne Richardson\/500px\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Blue-girdled angelfish, also known as majestic angelfish, swimming past soft corals in Komodo National Park, Indonesia. \u00a9 Georgette Douwma\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Normally brown in colour, male sinai agama lizards turn blue in the mating season to attract females. \u00a9 Grandbrothers\/Getty<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>
The blue whale<\/a> is probably one blue animal everyone can name. Blue whales are actually blue-grey, but they appear brilliantly turquoise in the water as they reflect the blue sky<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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