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Most sea slugs are pretty small and are beautiful
And then you get the Californian Sea hare, which is huge and yet still better than all these United Air reposts littering the FP.
RosegoldEverything
Those slugs look like you shouldn't touch them..
NorthCrown
No thanks, imgur is already sluggish enough for me
thechosentwo
HappySilverCloud
Aww they sorta look like little bacteriophages! ❤
JavaTee
Nudibranchs!
ButchTheBully
Check out Coyote Peterson's video on the sea hare, it's really fascinating
SonderingStrike
No... please... no more slugs...
Badaboomba
Oh, not this shit again...
morakdais
Send nudibranches
LinkinPiper
fabuji
NO, NO WE DO NOT NEED MORE SLUGS
RecordingCoder
I fucking LOVE nudibranches!
dedpaen
Can we please see what the California Sea Easter Bunny will bring us?
IReplyWithGraphicsInterchangeFormats
Kplunk99
Had to go through your profile to make sure you username checks it out. Plus +1 for commitment lol
IReplyWithGraphicsInterchangeFormats
ravensteel539
THE SLUGS ARE BACK HELL YEAH
swinglinered
In the thumbnail I thought they were little dickbutts.
atheizmo
nman10000
Fun fact- Sea Hares were once bred for neurological research, as they have comparatively large brains that are somewhat similar to ours.
Jilian
Nudibranchs are my favorites! <3
Twohungryrats
I just went to the coast in California and found some neat Brown Sea Hares; way smaller, but still icky, sticky, amazing sea slugs!
MissPacman
The little are pretty but don't look real
BigBonheurEnergy
Totally read imgur needs more drugs
xythatoneguyyx
Coyote Peterson!
ThatOneGuyPablo
Hey @op, how hard is it to have sea slugs and what's a ballpark cost?
ThatOneGuyPablo
Taking into consideration I don't even own a fish tank
Holdmyhectocotylus
I've never bothered keeping them personally, but very. The food alone is hard to deal with, live hydrazoans. I used to work at a research1/2
Holdmyhectocotylus
Station that had an open, flow through system with the ocean, all local critters. So we would get these guys as visitors. Super cute. 2/2
youareandshallalwaysbemyfuzzy
Usually something that pretty is deadly, is it the same for the slugs?
ThatOneGuyPablo
My girlfriend is always talking about wanting a saltwater tank but I don't even live close to an ocean so I guess no sea slugs lol
Holdmyhectocotylus
I'm sure you can get them from pet suppliers, but the tanks take so much setup. Loads of people are more patient with tanks than me.
myfieldoffucksisbarren
They come in different colours?!
DrOctagonapus
I LOVE sea hares with all of my being. They're so squishy when you pet them but also weirdly silky. I think they're adorable too
DefinitelyADog
Yes we do, thank you +1
NotSureHowtoPronounceImgur
DefinitelyNotAdolfHitler
@sarah give this man a trophy!
MaggieB12
Thank you,we needed that.
SirrLongDong
Upvoting for your username
NotSureHowtoPronounceImgur
And in turn I shall upvote you for your username Sirr Long Dong.
pookieeatworld
Thank you for this, cuz at first I couldn't tell which was the ass end of it...
avocadorose
Happy Easter!
ThisIsGod
After a woman tricks me into having a kid, I'm gonna go out and buy one of those giant bunnies to roast over a spit, for my kid on Easter.
Holdmyhectocotylus
Truly a beautiful little rabbit you've got there
NotSureHowtoPronounceImgur
Why, thank you. :)
swoneill
Just in time to get into that easter spirit!
TheGuyWhoBeatsHisMeat
Did you get Easter spirit's written consent?
Unravelled
It's a hare*
TheGuyWhoBeatsHisMeat
ryusassori
thank you for that
Morg729
Your rabbit looks a little sluggish today
lintwizard
It's sure to win that race today!
TheCaydeUnit
THIS IS A RACE GARY
CybrMeow
Sempai!
sharptongue
I love the California sea hare! I saw so many while scuba diving off Catalina. They curl up on rocks like little sea kitties :3
rallen9268
'Cause if you like it, then you should have put a fluffy tail on it. Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
DeepSeaAstronaut
It should be noted that this is a Black Sea hare, there are also brown sea hares which are smaller and brown.
llarkspurrs
But so like where does one find cool slugs??
PizzaSlutForever
Salt mines ...
jakabob101
I held one in Elkhorn Slough. It had purple slime!
sharptongue
The California sea hare can be found off plenty of southern California coasts. I saw a ton snorkeling/scuba off Catalina Island.
blonx
Bamboozled
MERGATROYDER
Not after hearing about the brain worm shit happening in Hawaii. No touching of snails or slugs.
ListenAngelic
Make a post about with with sauce, I'm sure LNI will thank you.
SomeRandomNobhead
It's that them motherfuckers that crawl up your nostrils through water and was infecting kids that was using slip n slides and eating their
SomeRandomNobhead
brains?
Cerinna
Isn't that an amoeba?
rosepix
Brain-eating amoeba. Nasty stuff! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri
Cerinna
Ew nooooo!
monkeymuffins
What about Hawaiian brain worms now? D:
thor0486
"38 of the 42 reported cases of 'rat lungworm' statewide since 2007 has happened on Hawai'i Island." watch the video, it's fear news. Bad.
thor0486
Dr quoted, "I've treated, probably, a dozen or so patients and every case had different symptoms."
thor0486
That said still yeah, wash your produce, but this whole thing was complete bullshit otherwise.
blamboozle
It's really not. Google the latest news; it's a major concern on Maui right now.
blamboozle
http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/28805733/rat-lungworm-disease-spreads-fear-across-hawaii-island
raidleadergutts
I'm bothered by how she pronounces Hawaii. Hawa-i.
thor0486
Dr quoted, "I've treated, probably, a dozen or so patients and every case had different symptoms." Did you watch that video?
thor0486
"38 of the 42 reported cases of 'rat lungworm' statewide since 2007 has happened on Hawai'i Island." watch the video, it's fear news.
blamboozle
Why do you think so? I don't see anything alarmist about the article.
youareandshallalwaysbemyfuzzy
Well that's just terrifying, thanks for that.
blamboozle
Sent you an old article, whoops. http://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2017/04/six-cases-of-rat-lungworm-confirmed-on-island/
Cerinna
No worries, you can get brainworms from eating pork in the US as well.
MuFugginFudge
It's also 2 years old.
blamboozle
My bad! http://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2017/04/six-cases-of-rat-lungworm-confirmed-on-island/
dandelionbomb
I want a saltwater tank of sea slugs and gobis.
LindsyLovesLemons
Pics? ... or it didn't happen ..? Pleeeeeassseee?
xxFLYBOYxx
We have a dragon gobi and he is so damn cool. He loves moving rocks around the tank lol
lotaxi
Just keep any and all soft corals far far far away from the nudi's. You will lose hundreds of dollars worth of coral overnight.
orcavsgreatwhite
Oohhhh that is a really nifty idea.
SWReefer
Slugs are notoriously hard to keep. Most gobies have a specialized diet of live food making them also hard to keep. If you can get them to
SWReefer
People should also know that some nudibranchs are extremely toxic. Fit example, the glaucus Atlanticus. It can store the nematocysts
SWReefer
In its body as a defense. One sting as the potential to kill if the right conditions exist
SWReefer
Eat prepared food they aren't too bad. ... wait nvm I was thinking of mandarins
dandelionbomb
Mandarins would work too. I know gobis are a challenge. Only person Ive ever known with gobis had a 500gal live reef tank with a 250gal sump
dandelionbomb
He started with just the live rock and corals. Took over two years before he even thought of adding the fish. Major investment. Super cool.
Redwind007
Don't mandarins fall of trees and are a citrus fruit??
lotaxi
Gobis in general are simple. They eat what they see and scavenge whatever else they want. Keep space big to reduce territorial fights
lotaxi
That's why the massive tank. Sump probably didn't need to be that big, but it's nice for long term stability if you go hardcore reef.