Friday, May 16, 2008

Friday Nudibranch Blogging


What distinguishes
Hypselodoris whitei from mortals?
That many waves in their sight roll,
an eternal stream:
us the wave lifts,
the wave swallows,
and we sink.

(Photo by Jun Imamoto.)

4 comments:

Hecate said...

So lovely and delicate!

Anonymous said...

This month's Nat'l Geographic has an article about nudis, complete with some fantastic photos.

Check it out.

four legs good said...

You know, I didn't realize that nudibranches as toxic.

Excellent!

(revises plot to eatage movie where giant mutant nudibranch eats Singapore)

Anonymous said...

Here's the link to the National Geo story and the photo gallery by marine photographer David Doubilet:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/nudibranchs/holland-text

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/06/nudibranchs/doubilet-photography