Sea Hare
Sea hares are marine gastropods. This little beauty was found with two others, who were mating, in the eel grass beds in the Helford Estuary. Sea hares are hermaphrodites and form mating chains, so no doubt this one was on its way to or from the occasion. They are herbivores and allegedly the seaweed they munch on contributes to their colour.
The flaps of skin that wrap over their back cover a flat shell and their tentacles are the items that give them their name, supposedly resembling rabbit or hare ears.
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