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Sea Bunnies: Japan Is Going Crazy About These Furry Sea Slugs
Sea Bunnies: Japan Is Going Crazy About These Furry Sea Slugs
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Sea Bunnies: Japan Is Going Crazy About These Furry Sea Slugs

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Sea slugs aren’t exactly creatures you’d consider to be adorable, but Japan’s Twittersphere has just rediscovered what is probably the cutest sea slug ever – Jorunna parva, a sea slug that looks like a fluffy bunny.

This tiny sea slug’s bunny ears are actually rhinophores, or chemosensory scent/taste organs that help them detect chemicals in the water and make their way across the ocean floor. They can be found from the Indian Ocean to the Philippines to Japan, where photos of them have become popular.

More info: seaslugs.free.fr (h/t: rocketnews)

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    Dovas

    Dovas

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    There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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    Dovas

    Dovas

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    There is a beast with heart of cold stone that dashes like lightning, shreds flesh from bone. // Bewitched by this beast, I fell to my knees. My mouth babbled madness and mumbled soft pleas. // I stared down the ravenous, gnashing dark maw of a cute cuddly kitten with yarn in its paw

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    SteveSimonite
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idiots wanting them as pets already. No doubt we will be soon seeing them in eastern dishes and trapped in key chains. Admire beauty from a distance but leave them alone..

    CrackrJax
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't believe I think this thing is cute! LOL. It is certainly weird though ... :)

    PaulaCool
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandchildren, ages 10-13 yrs. old, think these little creatures are cute! They were quite amazed!

    RichardPetch
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all the radiation in the sea around Japan.

    Myobi
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want one as a pet~ ٩( *˙0˙*)۶

    Jenna
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The yellow/orange one reminds me of Pikachu haha

    StacieLawson
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Soon they will find a way to eat them

    RoseanneJames
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's really cute... & so are snails... :)

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    SteveSimonite
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idiots wanting them as pets already. No doubt we will be soon seeing them in eastern dishes and trapped in key chains. Admire beauty from a distance but leave them alone..

    CrackrJax
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't believe I think this thing is cute! LOL. It is certainly weird though ... :)

    PaulaCool
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandchildren, ages 10-13 yrs. old, think these little creatures are cute! They were quite amazed!

    RichardPetch
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all the radiation in the sea around Japan.

    Myobi
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want one as a pet~ ٩( *˙0˙*)۶

    Jenna
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The yellow/orange one reminds me of Pikachu haha

    StacieLawson
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Soon they will find a way to eat them

    RoseanneJames
    Community Member
    10 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's really cute... & so are snails... :)

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