The Struggles of a Sea Lion Pup

Meet Melibe viridis, a carnivorous sea slug with a gelatinous vacuum cleaner for a head. By @sina.joelle The inner edge of the expandable hood is fringed with sensory papillae that help the nudi detect when a tiny crustacean has strayed into the death net. Most nudibranchs (and many other molluscs) are equipped with a rasped, tongue-like structure called a radula, which they use to cut and break down food before it enters the oesophagus. But members of the Melibe genus are not like other sea slu