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Australian Museum on Instagram: "Looking much like Shaun the Sheep’s cousin, this adorable creature is in fact a kind of sea slug. Known as Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae), this species is widely distributed across the waters of Asia, including reefs off the coast of Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Amazingly, the Leaf Sheep has some photosynthetic abilities. As the seaslugs graze algae, they suck in the algae’s chloroplasts (a green photosynthetic organ) and store them within their Leaf Sheep Sea Slug, Sea Sheep, Leaf Sheep, Silly Sea Creatures, Sea Bunnies, Cool Sea Creatures, Weird Sea Creatures, Sea Bunny, Sea Snails

Australian Museum on Instagram: "Looking much like Shaun the Sheep’s cousin, this adorable creature is in fact a kind of sea slug. Known as Leaf Sheep (Costasiella kuroshimae), this species is widely distributed across the waters of Asia, including reefs off the coast of Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia. Amazingly, the Leaf Sheep has some photosynthetic abilities. As the seaslugs graze algae, they suck in the algae’s chloroplasts (a green photosynthetic organ) and store them within their

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The ocean is shrouded in mystery. It covers about 71% of the Earth’s surface, yet we know very little about it when you consider how vast it is. In fact, it is estimated that at least 80% of the ocean has never been mapped, explored or seen by any humans. So what is lurking out there? We’ll never know everything, but one online group is dedicated to featuring all of the creepy, beautiful and fascinating creatures that are living deep down in the sea.

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