Creature of the day: The Black Sea Hare Aplysia vaccaria, also known as the black sea hare and California black sea hare, is a species of extremely large sea slug, a marine, opisthobranch, gastropod mollusk in the family Aplysiidae. It is the largest sea slug species. (Wikipedia) 🎥👇🏽 @allthingsmarinelife IG | Angry Trini

🍌 Second largest slug in the WORLD 🌎 growing up to 25cm (9.8 inches) and gaining a top speed of a whopping 16.5cm (6.5 inches) per minute (0.009 km/hr or 0.006 miles/hr). Banana slugs are named after their yellow to green colour and black-brown spots/blobs, which resemble the appearance of a banana of any ripeness! They are also long and narrow, similar to a banana’s shape. Their colour depends on diet and environmental factors such as moisture and light exposure. Look for these slimy decompos

Is this the UK’s most beautiful slug?? Meet the beautiful rainbow sea slug, an absolutely beautiful species of nudibranch which has come to call the south west coast of the UK its home over the past couple of years! . . . #Wildlife #nature #ukwildlife #uk #cornwall #marinelife #underwater #seaslug #slug | Jacob Rheams Photography