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they are a sea slug (specifically Hypselodoris festiva, the festive sea slug)

they have no specified gender

their hobbies are diving, surfing, paddle boarding, and windsurfing

they like playing in the sea

they support beach cleanups and other activities to protect the marine environment

they represent Hayama Town in Kanagawa Prefecture

they can talk!

Greater anglewing katydid nymph with erythrism, Microcentrum rhombifolium, Tettingoniidae

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Let’s all be little blue shrimp and hang out in the vibrant greenery together

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107530045

The Mole Cowry (Talparia talpa) looks like a geode or a messy afro surrounding a lump of fire or an evil eye awakening on the sea floor or… some other weird thing.

Actually it’s a cowry which reaches 10 cm long and has an Indo-Pacific distribution from east Africa to Hawaii.

They have a silky smooth shell which can be completely covered by a fleshy mantle, which in this case is covered in peculiar fingery things.