Unveiling the Surprising Elegance of the “Sea Hare”
The animals that Japanese netizens lovingly named “sea rabbits” are actually Jorunna parva sea slugs. Sea slugs are not usually considered cute animals except for the Jorunna parva slug. Twitter users in Japan went crazy when they saw…
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Lost in the ‘kingdom’ of sea slugs
Most sea slugs are snails that have lost their shells and acquired new characteristics through evolution. For example, Sacoglossan slugs are also called “solar slugs” because they eat algae and absorb the algae’s chlorophyll to nourish their tissues – a process that only…
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Meet the Blue Sea Angel – ’18+ butterfly’ with sharp tentacles flying in the ocean
“Blue Sea Angel” belongs to a group of sea slugs. Called “Sea Angels” because of their unusual shape and transparency, they are gelatinous and have wing-like appendages. It’s hard to imagine that a winged creature flying in the sky would…
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