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🕑 Added 2023-02-07 02:37:01 +0000 UTCWhat’s your favorite thing about eelgrass sea hares? Never heard of them? Then check out our video See Sea Slugs Scour Seagrass by the Seashore and discover how they help fragile sea grasses flourish.
Sea hares get their name from the bunny-ear-like tentacles on top of their heads called rhinophores, which they use to sense temperature, water movement and smell. (Josh Cassidy/KQED)
“Seagrasses are among the most productive habitats in the world, if you compare them to rainforest or coral reefs, but most people don't even know what eelgrass is,” says biologist Grace Ha of @UCDavis.
(In honor of World Wetlands Day last week.😊)
