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[senoritafish]

Well, with so many posts with Valentine's Day hate earlier this week, I was hesitant to post on the actual day, and I didn't finish it til late that night anyway. I didn't get the idea until lunchtime. Some weirdness...




Flabellinopsis iodinea, or Spanish shawl nudibranchs. These are local guys that live in the kelp forests and reefs off southern California. I cheated on the cerata, though (the orange gills on their backs); I cut and pasted them from a photo because it was getting pretty late. And since I drew them from photos, I now realize the lighting direction on the upper nudie is wrong for the shading I drew on the heart. Ah well. To paraphase the great doctor, I'm a biologist, not an artist.

Comments

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

Well that's unusual! ;) Very sweet.

You really have slugs that look like that? I don't think I'd like to find one of them in my lettuces.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Oh no, these are marine slugs. They live in the ocean. Many of them are very pretty - I wouldn't be suprised if you had some nifty ones near you.

Here's a couple of photos of these guys so you can see what they really look like:

http://www.ncups.org/Feature/GPollock/spanish.htm

http://contests.fotki.com/contests/23/1278.html

And here's some for your neck of the woods:

http://www.ianskipworth.com/suig/nudis.html

Lovely, lovely!

[angelsmum.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I looked at the last one, wow what pretty colours! Somehow I feel better knowing these guys are in the ocean looking pretty and not lurking in my veges.;)

[lemonrocket.livejournal.com]

That's a neat picture and unique, I would think. ;~) Not too many people think of sea slugs and Valentine's Day at the same time. *g*

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

That's just me. I'm strange that way. Thanks!

[aliki.livejournal.com]

Har! I love it!!

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

:D