Drew Harvell

We have a nudibranch that lives in the Pacific Northwest that eats sea anemones. And when it eats a sea anemone, it uptakes the stinging cells that sea anemones use in their own defense. They select the immature stinging cells so they don't explode when they're eating them. They pass them all the way through their digestive system and into these little packages on their back.

We have a nudibranch that lives in the Pacific Northwest that eats sea anemones. And when it eats a sea anemone, it uptakes the stinging cells that sea anemones use in their own defense. They select the immature stinging cells so they don't explode when they're eating them. They pass them all the way through their digestive system and into these little packages on their back.

the stinging cell completes its development and is then used as a harpoon by the nudibranch. And the diversity of this particular group of nudibranchs that does this is very high. They've been very successful, particularly in our shallow waters in temperate and tropical ecosystems. So the beauty of the bright colors is a warning to fish and other predators that don't eat me. I'm dangerous.

the stinging cell completes its development and is then used as a harpoon by the nudibranch. And the diversity of this particular group of nudibranchs that does this is very high. They've been very successful, particularly in our shallow waters in temperate and tropical ecosystems. So the beauty of the bright colors is a warning to fish and other predators that don't eat me. I'm dangerous.

the stinging cell completes its development and is then used as a harpoon by the nudibranch. And the diversity of this particular group of nudibranchs that does this is very high. They've been very successful, particularly in our shallow waters in temperate and tropical ecosystems. So the beauty of the bright colors is a warning to fish and other predators that don't eat me. I'm dangerous.

I've got explosives, and I'll use them.

I've got explosives, and I'll use them.

I've got explosives, and I'll use them.

Yeah, I think the lessons we can learn from the ability of – nudibranchs to uptake these foreign organs from other groups is in transplantation surgery it's very hard for us to transplant kidneys for example even among different humans let alone what we try to do from pigs to humans and the way we do that now is we try to suppress our immune systems That's not what nudibranchs are doing.

Yeah, I think the lessons we can learn from the ability of – nudibranchs to uptake these foreign organs from other groups is in transplantation surgery it's very hard for us to transplant kidneys for example even among different humans let alone what we try to do from pigs to humans and the way we do that now is we try to suppress our immune systems That's not what nudibranchs are doing.

Yeah, I think the lessons we can learn from the ability of – nudibranchs to uptake these foreign organs from other groups is in transplantation surgery it's very hard for us to transplant kidneys for example even among different humans let alone what we try to do from pigs to humans and the way we do that now is we try to suppress our immune systems That's not what nudibranchs are doing.

They're playing around with the recognition process. And so it strikes me that there's a real opportunity there to really think a little bit outside the box about other ways to go in and optimize our transplantation surgery.

They're playing around with the recognition process. And so it strikes me that there's a real opportunity there to really think a little bit outside the box about other ways to go in and optimize our transplantation surgery.

They're playing around with the recognition process. And so it strikes me that there's a real opportunity there to really think a little bit outside the box about other ways to go in and optimize our transplantation surgery.

You know, Gina, I think we share that. Okay. They are certainly one of my favorites because, I mean, first they're like Martians. They have multiple arms. They have thousands of tube feet for running around. They have eyes on each end of each one of their arms.

You know, Gina, I think we share that. Okay. They are certainly one of my favorites because, I mean, first they're like Martians. They have multiple arms. They have thousands of tube feet for running around. They have eyes on each end of each one of their arms.

You know, Gina, I think we share that. Okay. They are certainly one of my favorites because, I mean, first they're like Martians. They have multiple arms. They have thousands of tube feet for running around. They have eyes on each end of each one of their arms.

Right? Yes.

Right? Yes.

Right? Yes.