Nudibranchs stand out in any ocean: photos

[Panich52]

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The little mollusks are some of nature's great show-offs, bringing a dazzling array of colors to life in the ocean.

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[Mnemosyne]

1. They are beautiful. The males have detachable penises, regrow by next day.

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Reminds me of a song...

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Sorry, had to do it.

On edit: Bizarre, link doesn't show in my post now, but shows up when I go to edit page. Very strange.

[misterhighwasted]

2. HAaa

That's pretty funny..

[Mnemosyne]

6. It always makes me chuckle.

[msanthrope]

5. Damn you!!!! Now that song is in my ear!!!! nt

[Mnemosyne]

7. I'm evil like that...

[misterhighwasted]

3. Colorful..beautiful

Love this..thanks for the post

[Scuba]

4. There's shocking beauty in our vast oceans; most have never seen it.

Thanks Panich52.

[Divernan]

8. Nudibranchs were in my top 5 favorites when diving

Along with manta rays, silky sharks, eels and barracuda - the difference being they're not scary. (on edit: well, the mantas were not scary)

Saw some gorgeous ones, especially in Micronesia. Just yesterday I ordered Mike Gerken's DVD: The Wrecks of Truk Lagoon - The Documentary and am looking forward to reliving my week of diving there - the holy grail of wreck diving.

I was watching a re-run of Titanic and the opening scenes brought back memories of the thrill of diving on the ghostly WWII wrecks of Truk Lagoon - the most spectacular, moving experience of all my diving. So I treated myself to ordering the 2 disc set. Gerken was a divemaster on the Truk Odyssey.

Our oceans are so magnificent - we recreational divers only go to depths of 120/130 feet; wish we'd put as much effort into exploring the oceans as we have in space.