Gallery: Absurd Creature of the Week: This Crazy-Looking Sea Slug Has an Ingenious Secret Weapon
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The blue dragon nudibranch eats the stinging cells of the Portuguese man o' war, then incorporates them into its own skin. That, as biologists say, is pretty baller.
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Another species of nudibranch, *Phyllodesmium opalescens*.
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Another species, *Nembrotha chamberlaini* is...eh who the hell am I kidding. You're not reading these captions.
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The regal sea goddess.
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*Cuthona sp.*
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*Chromodoris magnifica*.
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Are you still there? This one's *Janolus sp.*
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*Ceratosoma trilobatum*
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*Chromodoris albopunctata*
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This one is an Easter egg for those who actually read the captions. I mean, look at this name! *Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus*? Sounds like it was named by the guy from *The Rock* who got the poison shoved in his mouth and then spit it all up.
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