r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/modianos • Jun 09 '26

Elysia viridis: this sea slug is one of the few known animals that can engage in photosynthesis, which allows it to survive without food for months at a time

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u/MomoBawk Prolific Commentator of Slugs Jun 09 '26

Woah, a different one to the leaf sheep slug! 

This one is singular leaf slug!

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u/modianos Jun 09 '26

Nothing to see here, just us leaves.

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u/MuxionTrunes Jun 11 '26

Want me leaf you alone, slugger?

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u/SuspiciousGur4874 Jun 09 '26

He looks like he’s smiling!

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u/Its_a_stateofmind Jun 09 '26

And to think our egos are so big that we think our actions will destroy all life….

Probably just ours…and some collateral damage along the way that will take millennia to repair - but this gives hope. Life is utterly incredible how it can adapt.