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Tiny Sea Slug Smaller Than a Sesame Seed Is Actually a Brand New Species!

Photo: Marina J. Vergotti / Unsplash
Divers in Taiwan found an incredibly tiny sea slug that's so small it's barely bigger than a sesame seed, and when experts looked at it closely, they discovered it was a species [type of animal] that had never been found before! This see-through creature has black and yellow stripes that look just like sesame seeds, which is why scientists gave it the name Thecacera sesama. It just goes to show that amazing discoveries are hiding right in our oceans, waiting to be found by curious explorers!
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