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Aplysia depilans
Around 15 to 18cm, depending if he stretched or not. Dark brown with a grey pattern.
Beach, near rocky areas where the sea wasn't deep.
Found while I played over the rocks with my lil' sister. On the video, at 0:12, I believe there's a shrimp passing by? UPDATE: Last photo was taken on the 6th of September, 2014, around the same place as the others. One of the slugs became scared and emitted a purple ink which spread through the water.
Spotted on Aug 15, 2014
Submitted on Aug 16, 2014
4 Comments
I also saw loads this summer, in Portugal we call them Vinagreiras :) they are so fluffy!
Thanks! Although slow, I'm fairly certain it returned to the water. That, or the sea came back for it!
This could be it Zariga. Good spotting ! I hope it got back into the water..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplysia_dep...
Looks like a giant sea slug Aplysia
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A...