Fw: Cool Slugs
- To: "Hosta-open"
- Subject: Fw: Cool Slugs
- From: C* J*
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 09:24:31 -0500
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I know these are SEA slugs,
as opposed to LAND slugs?? but I thought the despised slug could use a little
good PR. (j/k). Check out the pix. Have you ever seen anything
so......um, beautiful??
Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake,
MN
zone 4a
p.s. Are sea slugs and
hosta eating slugs even related??
----Original Message Follows---- From: eNature Wild Side <n*@news.enature.com> Subject: Explosive Skin Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 11:24:51 -0800 On the Wild Side: Explosive Skin -------------------------------- It's time sea slugs got their due. Not only are certain of these creatures incredibly beautiful, a few also possess sophisticated self-defense mechanisms that allow them to transfer the stingers from sea anemones to their own backs. Another name for a sea slug is nudibranch. Some 3,000 species of these shell-less marine mollusks live in oceans around the world. The members of one group have long fleshy projections decorating their backs. Feeding on sea anemones and their kin, these nudibranchs nip off the anemones' protective stinging cells, pass them through their digestive tracts, and lodge them, undischarged, in the colorful plumes on their backs. If a predator then bites one of these nudibranchs, the stinging cells explode in the predator's mouth just as if it had chomped upon an anemone. The Pacific Elegant Nudibranch and Atlantic Red-gilled Nudibranch are good examples of the look-but-don't-bite group of nudibranchs. Watch for them in tide pools. Click here for a picture of the Elegant Nudibranch: http://enature.com/news/newsletter_63.asp?link=9 Click here for a picture of the Red-gilled Nudibranch: http://enature.com/news/newsletter_63.asp?link=10 ------------------------------------- Click here for a Web version of "On the Wild Side": http://enature.com/feature/feature_wildside.asp?storyID=259 If you don't want to receive "On the Wild Side" each week, click here to unsubscribe: http://enature.com/members/unsubscribe.asp Not an eNature member? Free benefits include "On the Wild Side" and our popular e-mail newsletter, "The eNature Observer." Click here to join: http://enature.com/members/login_create.asp eNature: Bringing Nature to Life http://www.enature.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com |
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