okie!

somewhat attractive | eh | not really my type | pretty | handsome | beautiful | stud | gorgeous | SWEET LORD MERCY

hes hypothetically hot. if i wasnt a lesbian id prolly be :eyes:

can you relate to this character on a personal level?: no | not really | somewhat | yes | they are me

i mean. im gay and im stupid! thats like. 70% of it at least. also despite my titties not being out, his titties out energy really speaks to me

would you date/be friends with this character in real life if they were real?: total bros | friends | best friends | date | become their steady boyfriend/ girlfriend | neither | i don’t know |

holy fUCK DO I HAVE COOL MUTUALS!!!!!!!! AHHHH!!!!! Thank u so much!!!!!! that’s so nice omgg,, ooof oof how to answer that, that’s a toughie!!! there’s so many good gastropods!!!!!!!! 

I think i’ll start with Julia exquisita!! an absolute weirdo of a snail!!!! 

they are v small 

they are green!!!!! as u can see, BLESSED COLORATION!!! and such vivid greens are p rare in animals, anyways they also have bivalve shells, which, in a taxonomic perspective makes absolutely no sense, bc snail shells evolved from a cone-shaped shell, nothing like this, this is much more similar to actual bivalves like oysters, v crazy! love this dude

They are also Sap suckers, so, in a lot of ways, they’re like the sea equivalent of aphids, u can see why I love them so much

Also worth noting is Melibe leonina! the Hooded Nudibranch!! I mean, I should mention every single nudibranch but look!!!!! this guy has an extremely derived (and really really cool) oral hood!!!

IT EXPANDS SO MUCH!!! there’s a popular post of a video of one of them feeding, it’s really good

they’re amazing, oh and also?? those super cool crests? with root-like veins? yeah that’s where they breath from, the group these guys belong to (the Aeolids) has these type of gills, but these are specially cool!!! LOVE THESE CRITTERS!!! THEY LOOK SO ALIEN!!!

I am legally required to talk abt Pteropods!!!!! it means WING FOOT

the Gymnosomates

and the Thecosomates

I feel like they have gotten good representation but stil!!!! I ADORE THEM SO MUCH!!! their foot???? got adapted into wings????? that’s so IMPRESSIVE!!! sea angels and sea butterflies all the way!!!! 

Also I wish Phione was a sea Butterfly so Pokemon gets representation of both Pteropod groups but oh well we have two Sea Angels instead so I can’t complain

This post is already long enough but finally, and definitely not least... If i had to chose the gastropod I love the must, then I’d have to go with the one i interact the most with! the one i see the most and rescue from cycling routes the most!! because the more I interact with a critter the more I grow fondly of them! I get to see them living parallel to me!!! and feel them moving and squirming with my very own [NUMBER NOT SPECIFIED] hands!!!

The Leopard Slug!!!! Limax maximus!

LOOK AT THIS GUY!!!!

SO STYLISH!!!! SO SOFT!!! SO,,, SLUG-ESQUE!!!!!!, I ADORE THEM!!! 

I see them a lot specially during rainy season, encountering them is easily the highlight of my day when it happens.. i love my leopard children........