April 27, 2007

Exquisite sea slugs - such variety!

Angels, devils, clowns, scarlet ladies, fireworks, more fireworks, pepperoni pizza, lovely amethyst, cute-as-a-button, purple porcupine, starry night, rose garden, strawberry shortcake, flamboyant fool, painted highways, ringlets, llama, roman nougat, cowardly lion. What's your favourite slug-of-the-week? Nudibrancs are hermaphrodites. Here we see two scoops of neapolitan ice cream indulging in nookie. Sea slug smut show (QT video). Nudibranch video, from Bubblevision, a site offering lots of gorgeous free underwater video clips. Find a sea slug near you. Pull up a chair and chat on the Sea Slug Forum. More nudibranch info: "I personally think nudibranchs are a happy bunch, even though they have only a few brain cells. They all look like they're dressed up going to a party. They look like they are where they want to be. And that is the fundamental success of evolutionary adaptations." Make your own sea slug! Cook 'em for your guests. They look tasty enough. Finally, a lesson for us all on trusting computer translation.

posted by fish tick 17 years ago
  • Ooooooooooooh! I had abolutely no idea that this kind of variety existed. I think this feller is my favorite; he looks like a little moth!
  • Wow, a banquet of gorgeous slug-ness! These are so fabulous and happy-looking! Each is more lovely than most human-created objects. Too bad they don't transition easily to jewelry! BTW I'd rather view than eat them. Land-based slugs are much less lovely, but at least they have a festival.
  • I feel like a sea slug, what, moving through all of these exquisite links! Thanks for the nice distraction, fish tick.
  • I love the word "nudibranch" how cool to be an animal with that name!
  • Excellent FPP, fishy! I too was amazed and temporarily restrained from production by the images of multicolored aquatic things! I vote for this guy (gal?) and hereby name him/her Grace Slick. There is not a plan to increase, but love for a sea slug is felt by an anything sea slug plan and intends to cooperate basically now if unreasonable load does not suffer from me. So very true.
  • they are gorgeous, I can't even decide which ones I think are most beautiful. the colors are so incredibly vivid. I think my hair is jealous :D
  • P.S. I just love this radiant lil' beastie.
  • Ohh! Pictures of, ah, nudibranch, eh? Eh? Nuuuuudibranch? Know'oI mean eh? wink wink nudge?
  • the only thing I can think about is "I wonder how it would feel to step on one of these barefoot?" they're prolly poisonous tho.
  • I'm overwhelmed by all your work fish tick. Thank you and I've finished dinner already so no thanks.
  • Land-based slugs are much less lovely I beg your pardon! We are all extremely lovely! And not only that it's Alumni Weekend so you should all show some respect! Fiat slug, y'all! (BOT: Splendid work, fish tick. I am in awe)
  • Yay UCSC! *hugs a banana slug*
  • Whilst earthbound bipeds plod dutifully throughout their weary day, Smoothly gliding weightlessly the sea slug wends its way; Dreaming of a handsome sluggy boy-girl with which to play.
  • Spanish dancer video. Way too long, but otherwise quite cool.
  • These are absolutely beautiful. EWWWWWW, GET 'EM OFF ME!! GET 'EM OFF!!!! ARRRRRRRGGGH
  • Wow, great post!
  • tracicle: Crown, '86. You? :D Spanish Shawls were always my fave. They're common in Monterey Bay.
  • College 9, 2003 (but I didn't graduate, moved back to NZ in December 2002). I've mentioned before my icky experience stepping on a banana slug barefoot once. That's all I want to know about slugs right there. This post is fantastic, thanks fish tick!
  • Sea slugs have brain genes just like ours! Haiku by Kobayashi Issa These sea slugs These sea slugs, they just don't seem Japanese. Who would have known there could be a book of "900+ translated haiku, all on the sea cucumber and most over a hundred years old, with a good measure of natural history." more slugs