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@mads The animal that most blew my mind when I found out about it was the sea swallow.

I'm not sure how I'd not heard about these before.

Just look at it!

They float upside-down under the surface of the open ocean, scooting about looking for food. They eat things like Portuguese man o' war and steal the stinging nematocysts to use for their own defense.

And, they're just crazy-levels of elegant.

inaturalist.org/observations/2

iNaturalistSea Swallow (Glaucus atlanticus)Sea Swallow from Henderson Bay on February 11, 2016 by tangatawhenua. Is it a fish? Is it a slug? Is it a fishy anemone? I do not have a clue what this is! It is ab...

A bizarre #SeaSlug in the deep science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

Discovery and description of a remarkable #bathypelagic #nudibranch, Bathydevius caudactylus, gen. et. sp. nov. sciencedirect.com/science/arti

"it exhibits #bioluminescence and a gelatinous body with a bell-shaped oral hood and finger-like projections on its tail, which distinguish it from known species... This study highlights the importance of exploring #DeepSea environments"