have you ever seen the little leaf sheep nudibranch?,, it literally looks like an artichoke with a marshmallow in the front

iguanamouth:

OHHH NO, OHHHHOHOH NO i cant BELIEVE this is a real animal and not a cartoon character from some pixar short

its real name is the costasiella kuroshimae, and theyre actually not nudibranches, but closely related sacoglossan sea slugs that feed on algea  .… .. .. .   . like … .. sheep

they were discovered off the coast of the yaeyama islands in japan, and theres not actually a lot known about em – a few members of the sacoglossa branch have the ability to steal chloroplasts from algea the eat and add it to their own bodies in a Really Unusual process called kleptoplasty, which might account for their vivid green color ?

either way theyre only 4.5 mm long and all they want to do is move super slowly and eat. a true hero among us

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