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Leaf sheep: the adorable sea slug that looks like a tiny succulent and can photosynthesize

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Jun 26, 2025
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By alif_abdulrahman - Costasiella Kuroshimae, CC BY-SA 2.0, Link

The leaf sheep is an adorable sea creature that looks like part sheep, part fairy tale. Despite the name (in case you were fooled), leaf sheep are actually sacoglossan sea slugs — tiny marine mollusks, not mammals. Leaf sheep are one of the few animals that can photosynthesize using chlorop…

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