Sentences with phrase «coloured sea slugs»
Brightly coloured sea slugs are slurping deadly chemicals and stockpiling the most toxic compounds for use on their enemies.
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University of Queensland Visual Ecology Lab member Dr Karen Cheney, of the School of Biological Sciences, said researchers examined sea slugs, or nudibranchs, which had bright colour patterns to warn predators they contained toxic defences.
Professor Garson said a good analogy for sea slugs, because of their bright colours, was the «butterflies of the ocean.»
She said while fish recognised visual signals such as bright colours, the presence of the same toxic compound in the closely related sea slugs suggested that something else was at play.
Incredible photographs captured off Singapore's «Ghost Island» showcase the dive site's sea - slug inhabitants in all their riotous colour.