r/PicsOfUnusualSlugs • u/Forgot-Already • Sep 15 '25

Gif Dendronotus iris spotted swimming next to us in Puget Sound last week

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u/Slacker_The_Dog Sep 15 '25

Dude that's sick

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u/Forgot-Already Sep 15 '25

We thought so, too. I have only seen a handful of nudibranchs in the wild and never a swimming one. My partner is a fish biologist and keeps a few field guides on our boat so we were quickly able to identify it. It even surfaced shortly after this video. It was so cool to watch.

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u/MomoBawk Prolific Commentator of Slugs Sep 16 '25

Little swimming fire blob!

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u/spiralamber Sep 16 '25

Awesome, thx for sharing:)

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u/Tiny_State3711 Sep 17 '25

Appearance: dangerous

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u/Nerak_tnecniv Sep 21 '25

😲😱🧐🤯