gimme a break!

toxic slimy rainbow slugs...aka: nudibranchs. i had no idea! the second ones below look like clay. insane! national geographic has a feature and some beautiful photos by david doubilet. nature is amazing. thanks for killing it, humanity.

"Found from sandy shallows and reefs to the murky seabed nearly a mile down, nudibranchs thrive in waters both warm and cold and even around billowing deep-sea vents. A few make their own poisons, but most pilfer from the foods they eat. Species that dine on toxic sponges, for example, alter and store the irritating compounds in their bodies and secrete them from skin cells or glands when disturbed. Other nudibranchs hoard capsules of tightly coiled stingers, called nematocysts, ingested from fire corals, anemones, and hydroids. Immune to the sting, the slugs deploy the stolen artillery along their own extremities."