Interesting Critter Alert!

See the critters on the left? (Click to enlarge photo. IMAGE SOURCE.)

They’re called "sea angels" (obviously for good reason).

They’re also known as Clionidae (a.k.a. Clione).

A related species is called the "Naked Sea Butterfly."

Grow to be about 2 inches long.

Wings flap with an undulating motion.

Related to sponges.

Have shells when they are tiny embryos, then fly free after being born.

Are hemaphrodites and mutually fertilize each other in mating.

Live in the Okhotsk between Japan and Russia.

They and their relatives are an important part of both the artic and antartic ecosystems.

One kind makes a natural fish-repellant (a previously unknown molecule) to keep from getting eaten.

Cool, huh?

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How many are your works, O LORD !
In wisdom you made them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.

There is the sea, vast and spacious,
teeming with creatures beyond number–
living things both large and small [Ps. 104:24-25].

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live." View all posts by Jimmy Akin