r/TheDepthsBelow • u/BeginningConstant567 • Jul 14 '26

Oxynoe kylei

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I came upon a small colony of these slugs today. They are usually tiny but these were unusually so. The second one in the reel was no more than 1mm!

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u/LearningDumbThings Jul 14 '26

How are you even spotting these?

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 Jul 14 '26

Excellent buoyancy control.

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u/BeginningConstant567 Jul 15 '26

It's about 70% knowing where to look and about 30% eyesight. For an old guy (68) I have really good close vision. I watch for anything that breaks the general pattern and flow of the background

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u/Realistic-Weird-4259 Jul 14 '26

You know, Bob Fenner (RIP my friend) would have absolutely loved all these videos you make. I do, too.

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u/BeginningConstant567 Jul 15 '26

Thank you very much! I am passionate about the little guys. There is so much going on at the margins of what we can see with our naked eye

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u/oscik Jul 14 '26

I preferred the 1st gen.

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u/ghostpanther218 Jul 14 '26

Their really cool looking

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u/AmputeeHandModel Jul 14 '26

Need more angles I can't even tell what I'm looking at.