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Australian Museum on Instagram: "Looking much like Shaun the Sheep’s cousin, this adorable creature is in fact a kind of sea slug. Known as Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae), this species is widely distributed across the waters of Asia, including reefs off the coast of Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Amazingly, the Leaf Sheep has some photosynthetic abilities. As the seaslugs graze algae, they suck in the algae’s chloroplasts (a green photosynthetic organ) and store them within their
CUTE LITTLE SEA SLUG
Nicknamed as "Shaun the Sheep" by many divers in the Philippines, this strange cute tiny sea creature is known as the "Leaf slug" or "Leaf sheep"
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Fun Fact: Costasiella usagi occurs in the tropical western pacific. Their color is highly variable (green or white). The rhinophores have black tips.
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Have you ever encountered these extraordinary @sea slugs? The most interesting thing about them is that they get their energy from the sun through photosynthesis - just like plants!
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A sea slug has taken genes from algae it eats, allowing it to photosynthesise like a plant. How the green sea slug manages to live for months at a time “feeding” on sunlight, like a plant, is explo
The most adorable sea slug that looks Like a sheep and powers itself like a plant - Leaf Sheep #leafsheep #seaslug #magicalcreatures #whimsicalart #needlefelting #coastaldecor #cuteanimal #inspiredbynature
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "sap-sucking sea slugs", are a clade of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia.
