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This slug has the face of a sheep, a body of a leaf, and the ability to photosynthesize

Updated on December 16, 2025June 25, 2025

First documented in 1993, the leaf-sheep slug absorbs and uses plant cells from the algae they eat. They then use these cells to get energy from the sun through photosynthesis like a plant.  Learn more at https://oceana.org/marine-life/leaf-sheep/

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Spanish dancer sea slugs get their name from their resemblance to the traditional dresses of Spanish dancers

Updated on May 18, 2024July 5, 2023

Spanish dancers prefer being in the dark waters of the ocean and they like to eat sponges. Spanish dancers are a type of nudibranch which is a mollusk that loses its shell. They are around 10in/ 25cm long.

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