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Is there a cuter sea creature?

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This guy! Yes, that's real.

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Native to the coasts of Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines, this sea slug Costasiella kuroshimae (also known as a ‘leaf slug’) has a cartoonish, sheep-like face with blushing cheeks and beautiful plumage all over its body, like a small foliage of leaves.

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/these-cute-sea-slugs-are-sheep-sea
 
Technically not a sea creature, but the axolotl is a cutie.

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According to Wikipedia, this white version of the axolotl was created in an American laboratory in the 50s and is only sold in captivity. The natural axolotl had a grey or brownish skin.
 

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So vibrant, so colorful,
so tasty
So badass

[Mantis shrimp] strike by rapidly unfolding and swinging their raptorial claws at the prey, and are capable of inflicting serious damage on victims significantly greater in size than themselves. In smashers, these two weapons are employed with blinding quickness, with an acceleration of 10,400 g (102,000 m/s2 or 335,000 ft/s2) and speeds of 23 m/s from a standing start.[9] Because they strike so rapidly, they generate cavitation bubbles between the appendage and the striking surface.[9] The collapse of these cavitation bubbles produces measurable forces on their prey in addition to the instantaneous forces of 1,500 newtons that are caused by the impact of the appendage against the striking surface, which means that the prey is hit twice by a single strike; first by the claw and then by the collapsing cavitation bubbles that immediately follow.[10] Even if the initial strike misses the prey, the resulting shock wave can be enough to stun or kill the prey.
 

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Giant isopods are pretty adorable. But not to be confused with those little ispods that eat the tongues of fish and then live in their mouths.

Those are pretty adorable too.

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Isopods in general are cuties. Kids love rolly-pollies for a reason.
 
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