Leaf Sheep!

Photo by Jim Lynn

For realz? This amazingly adorable sea slug, called the leaf sheep, munches on algae – just like a sheep munches on grass!

Photo by Randy Ang

Found in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Japan, the leaf sheep is able to photosynthesize (you know, like plants)! When these little cutie-patooties eat algae, they suck out all the delicious chloroplasts and incorporate them into their own bodies. Talk about weird science!


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