Visit https://brilliant.org/bizarrebeasts/ to get started learning STEM for free. The first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription and a 30-day free trial. There are many creatures on the internet that do not actually exist, even though we would like them to. Like, would you believe there is an animal that can photosynthesize, decapitate itself, and is incredibly cute? They are the sacoglossan sea slugs. Get your own sea slug here! https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-sacoglossan-sea-slugs Subscribe to the pin club here: https://complexly.store/products/bizarre-beasts-pin-subscription This month's pin is designed by Emily Alvarez. You can find out more about them and their work here: https://www.emilyalvarez.art/ You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com Host: Hank Green (he/him) Follow us on socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bizarrebeasts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizarrebeastsshow/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BizarreBeastsShow/ #BizarreBeasts #SeaSlugs #leafsheep ----- Sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790442/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002824/http://www.zfmk.de/BZB/BzB_55_3_05_Jensen.pdf https://eol.org/pages/46448596 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S105579031830054X#preview-section-references https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/64/13/3999/436339 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008634/ https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Examples-of-sacoglossan-sea-slugs-and-their-algal-food-A-From-left-to-right-the_fig1_319153490 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08927014.1994.9523011 https://www.science.org/content/article/sea-slug-cut-its-own-head-and-lived-tell-tale https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(21)00047-6 ------ Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elysia_marginata.jpg https://figshare.com/articles/media/Video_recordings_of_the_feeding_behavior_of_Elysia_marginata/23519907 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0097477 https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/105517845 https://uk.inaturalist.org/observations/146079586 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30704665#page/123/mode/1up https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/554315 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1009961496 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1140328502 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1141145894 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1159329566 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1184479809 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1184985810 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1227136825 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1227137056 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1227137336 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1227138035 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1227151015 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1378565480 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1378568697 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1378579569 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1402820362 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1455541315 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1456401923 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1498588553 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1498602142 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1502109543 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1502129988 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1502130341 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1514816442 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1630738436 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1711484950 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1711493138 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/1823489814 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/466031972 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/543255966 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/836343798 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/959889314 https://www.nara-wu.ac.jp/bio/yusa/index.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6488191/ https://www.umiushi.info/kanri/photo_dsp_eng.php?key=photo_3f2f2102a1230.jpg&offset=0&act=PSP&gakumei1=Elysia&gakumei2=atroviridis&location_code=0000&fg=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtmtW_n09f4 https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3417/list/8/