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“The sea slug Elysia chlorotica is a small, unassuming creature that performs a remarkable feat: It eats algae and steals its ...

However, these sea critters actually resemble baby bunny rabbits more than your average slimy slugs. Recently, Twitter users in Japan lost their minds over these snuggly looking " sea bunnies." ...

Eventually, researchers caught several “transparent” nudibranchs, or sea slugs, that didn’t look like anything they’d seen ...

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These sea slugs may look like lazy, zebra-striped spoonfuls of jello, but eelgrass sea hares are actually environmental heroes. Their voracious appetite for algae helps keep underwater meadow ...

Though other sea slugs can purloin chloroplasts and use them to catch some rays, none come close to doing it as well as Elysia chlorotica. (Related: Meet the adorable ‘sea bunny’ taking over ...