What is this thing?

[bsteg]

[video=vimeo;65144062]https://vimeo.com/65144062[/video]

 

[dwashbur]

Hooded nudibranch, also called lion nudibranch, official name Melibe leonina.

 

[g1138]

Yup, a Melibe leonina. They smell like watermelons; fun fact.

 

[Tool Belt]

And they taste a little like bald eagle.

 

[chillyinCanada]

G1138. . . Um, how do you know what they smell like. Have you been harassing the sea life again?

 

[dwashbur]

I'm more curious about how you know what bald eagle tastes like.

 

[g1138]

G1138. . . Um, how do you know what they smell like. Have you been harassing the sea life again?

I'm an aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Seymour Center, so........yes.
Although we prefer to call it siphoning and window wiping.

 

[lgmjon64]

I'm more curious about how you know what bald eagle tastes like.

The taste is somewhere between spotted owl and condor.

 

[Tool Belt]

Yeah, not as gamey as whooping crane.

 

[socaljohn]

I thought they tasted like Panda...