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Bubble Rafting Snail

Janthina exigua

Photo by VivBraznell
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This is a spotting I made in 2006 and by very strange coincidence 5 years ago today. I was walking the beach one morning and the tide line was full of these bubble rafting snails,all washed up on the sand. I had no idea what they were when I found them but came across a photo a few years later on Flickr with a name, then last week I saw an article on The National Geographical FaceBook page so thought it might be of interest to put the spotting on here

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I've always wanted to see these! And I love the little blue buttons too! I didn't know they could be so small
I really LOVE this! Very interesting! I especially love the beautiful blue color.
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PublishedOctober 29, 2011

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