1 post tagged “nudibranche”
this here is what we call a nudibranche or sea slug - they comes in various fine colors and mostly is toxic, which is their main defense, well, theoretically, their main defense is/are their bright and fine colors, which speak out to the marine environment of which they exist in; saying, I am bright and fine and full of colors, not unlike Jacobs coat of many colors, do not eat me. which leads me to an aside, was Joseph’s coat made of many colors to teach us lesson in paternal favoritism and brotherly jealousies, or was it a subliminal message of which the main text was, oh dear god, please do not eat me, for I am poisonous - and to follow man's history, it would certainly be arguable that throughout history, color and display has been a significant tool of display, almost exclusively used to attract mates or to avoid physical altercation - for back in time, to be injured seriously in battle, whether and animal or a man, was almost certain and slow and painful death - example, soldiers in the civil war - what would be considered minor wounds by today's standards killed a majority of the participants of such wounds. Septicemia would set in. (nice) gangrene that is, swimming pools, movie stars. Anyways, the nudibranche is a fine and colorful little softbody, phylum, mollusk, which also includes another one of my favorite animals, the cuttlefish.
The cuttle fish is referred to as the sentient mollusk, in that it has an amazing intellect and impressive adaptability. Able to change colors and basically mimic any of its surroundings, as well, can use display tactics, but not as impressively as, say, an octopus. Whereas the nudibranche maintains a stasis of amazingly bright and formidable color, mindlessly trudging through its life daring god to eat it. The cuttlefish, the sentient mollusk, has adapted to a life of forever changing, in hopes of avoiding god all together I can only assume. More later.
