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Hey everyone, Emily Kwong here with a favorite episode from our beloved founding host

Maddie Sophia. What's up dutarino? Hey. Today I've got a brand-nudy one for you

my last reported episode on some of the most

magical invertebrates in the animal kingdom. Can you guess? With you it could be

anything it just needs to be maximally slimy and gross my close closer

that I want you to be honestly I don't like that but yes we are talking about

sea slugs specifically one big group of sea slugs called new de branks or

newties if you will. I didn't make it up. If you haven't seen one before Emily

Google new de brank these will actually blow your mind. Here's one of the scientists I talked to, Ryan Hewlett, straight up nerding out about them.

Like when I think of these colorations and these patterns, like you have

polka dots, you have stripes, you have, you know, all shades of colors that I just

like don't see that often in other animals. Like, when I think of like very beautiful animals,

I think of Nuda Branks.

Wow, what an endorsement.

All right, I'm looking these up.

Look them up.

Oh, wow.

Right? These are some gorgeous technicolor slugs. Is that what I'm looking at?

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