Link of the day- The Weirdbeauty of Seaslugs

Seaslug (image by Parent Géry)

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Both Links-of-the-day today are articles by Dr. Terry Gosliner about Seaslugs. Despite their name, as the picture above shows, they are stunningly beautiful little creatures; not to mention, more than a little weird.

The first article (complete with some awe-inspiring photographs) is here-
http://scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/two-new-species-of-sea-slugs-a-great-start/

Dr Gosliner's second article -
http://scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/01/why-nudibranchs-and-readers-questions/
- also lavishly illustrated, picks up where the first one left off by answering questions submitted in response to the first article.


Red Sea Nembrotha sea slug- image by Jon Hanson
(image taken from http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Nembrotha_megalocera.jpg and reproduced in accordance with its creative commons 2.0 licence (- click here for details)). This image was originally posted to http://www.flickr.com/photos/61952179@N00/2199977809, which links to some other stunning photos of marine life by Mr Hanson. The picture by Parent Géry is a public domain image.

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