Nudibranchs!
A Giant Dendronotid, the other larger local nudibranch, about the size of a loaf of bread, and travelling away from me.
A close-up of the head, showing the highly branched body.
This fellow has just bumped into a Burrowing Anemone, and has recoiled a bit, trying not to disturb it
Having located a burrowing anemone, the nudibranch arches up, ready to attack.
The nudibranch lunged at the anemone and then grabbed it. The anemone pulled back into its burrow, pulling the nudibranch with it.
No problem for the nudibranch, it just munches happily on the anemone's tentacles, and eventually withdraws when it has hed its fill!
Another close encounter of the hermephroditic kind...
And eventually the eggs are laid in these coils around their favourite food, the unsuspecting burrowing anemone!
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