Terrifying? I think not.

I just had to share this ridiculous nudibranch mention in the article: 30 Most Terrifying Ocean Photos - Not For The Faint-hearted.

#fakenews

A penchant for flesh?  Really?  Maybe certain species have a penchant for other nudibranch flesh...

Raiding Roatan Reefs

In August, I did a trip to Roatan, Honduras with the family.  I dove every day, but Megan/Mae/Molly, Kimber/Tim/Jack were newer divers and balanced their dive days with some other island fun.  Here is the whole crew:

I searched those reefs high and low for slugs.  I found three species:

1 - Elysia crispata

2 - Chelidonura hirundinina

3 - Stylocheilus striatus

I did 18 dives with West Bay Divers bringing my total up to 2102 lifetime dives.

A Slug's Life: Facing the Climate Endgame

DAN Magazine brought my attention to an exhibit going on at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut.  I know about half of the people who provided their photos for this exhibit.  So cool!

 

Floating Head

This Elysia made the news with its incredible ability to detach its head from the rest of its body and then... not only survive but grow a new body!

https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/these-selfdecapitating-sea-slugs-can-regrow-an-entire-body-on-their-old-head/

NudiNotes

David Mullins has started writing little stories about nudibranch on his site called NudiNotes.  So cool! 

https://nudibranchdomain.org/

Slug Sketches

I came across this post showing beautiful drawings of Nudis and Slugs drawn by a Japanese artist in the early 1900s.

https://www.facebook.com/674815336/posts/10159354648695337/

The Nudibranchs of Kumataro Ito

Notes and description of specimens collected on the Philippine Expedition of the Steamer Albatross, circa 1908, Bartsch, Paul, 1871-1960 Illustrations by Ito, Kumataro ‘In 1907, the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries—now known as NOAA Fisheries or the National Marine Fisheries Service—embarked on a 2 ½ year research trip to the Philippine and neighboring islands.

Here are just a couple of examples. So cool!

ChiUrbanMermaid Etsy Store

Well, I've been working on this for a while.  I finally launched my Etsy Store called ChiUrbanMermaid!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChiUrbanMermaid

I am creating cross stitch patterns from my underwater photographs.  Really, just for my own entertainment.  Superfun!

But I figured since I have them and it's not that hard to create and offer PDFs, I'd offer them to others.  

I launched with five items.  We will see what happens...