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Sea bunny slug

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  Animal class: Mollusks (Are invertebrates (with no backbone or spine), have an exoskeleton (an outer shell to help protect their soft bodies and have a sharp tongue called a “radula” that helps them take food off of hard surfaces, they breathe with tiny gills called ctenidia, they lay eggs, some have a “foot” (the underside of a snail) to help them move, and their sizes range from the Acmellanana (a type of snail) at 0.02 in (0.6 mm) to the Colossal Squid at 45 ft (14 m)) (Examples: Octopus, squid, snails, and clams. There are over 80,000 different species)
• Diet: Omnivore (They eat plants and meat): Algae, sponges, seagrass, and snails
• Lifespan: A few months to 1 year
• Predators: Birds and turtles
• Size: About 1 in (3 cm)
• Species: There are about 16 different species of Sea slugs , but only one that looks like a rabbit
• Status: Not Known
• Weight: Unknown
• Where do they live?: They live in the Indian Ocean, near Japan, Africa, the Philippines, and Australia.
• You can find them on the ocean floor on rocks and coral, and sometimes you can even see them swimming near the ocean’s surface.
• They are covered in needle-like tub structures (sensory organs) that look like fur, their “ears” are sensory organs like antennas, and their gills are on their backside and look like a tail.
• They have very poor eyesight and can only see dark and light.
• They are very poisonous and eat animals like poisonous sponges to help themselves become more poisonous.
• Scientists are studying sea bunnies because their toxin might be able to help with cancer drugs and treatments.