I had my first encounter with a slug called the Shaggy Sea Hare. Actually, there were 4 of them, crawling underwater about 200m up Salt River in Knysna. The river, a mixture of fresh and sea water, means that these Shaggy Sea Hares are living in an estuarine habitat. My first though was wonder at finding these weird ‘snails’. My cellphone’s camera doesn’t show it well but, on top, they were dull green with blobs of pinkish orange. Underneath, they were a bright green colour, like cartoon nuclear. When i … Read the full article…