They aren’t weird animals. They are fun-looking creatures that we don’t know much about. 

When we see a creature with big, crazy eyes, we usually deem them weird, but that doesn’t mean that they are. They are normal to them; in their point of view, we are the weird-looking ones, with our big heads, pointy noses, and perfume smell. It reminds me of when you were little and scared of a cockroach or other insect, and your parents told you that the insect was more afraid of you than you were of them. It’s like that. These animals find us weirder than we find them. 

Weird animals to me are an invitation to know more, to investigate a new topic. A creature that I cannot name that looks funny and memeable? A new topic to investigate, don’t you think? I saw this meme about a Chromodoris sea slug, which is a small, funny-looking blue mollusk whose face looks like a smiley face in a cartoonish way. They are very cute, but before that meme, I didn’t know they even existed. So after seeing that, I needed to find some cool, fun facts about it to learn a little bit more about this unknown species. 

What I learned about the Chomodoris sea slug is that they don’t have a shell, so all the toxins that make it poisonous to consume are kept on its skin. I also read that their color is not some way of nature to make them funny. It is actually that particular blue as a form of self-defense because of a chemical they have in their skin. Another interesting fact is that they are hermaphrodites, which means they have both female and male organs. And the best fact of all, according to me at least, is that they have horns at the top of their heads that are sensory horns, which means their sensory organs are the two tentacles on their heads; those are called rhinophores. Isn’t that interesting?

They are a weird animal, I must admit. They have horns that work like our hands; they are blue to make you notice that they won’t taste good due to the toxins in their skin. We are definitely nothing like them. But to them, we are far more weird. I can assure you of that. We are the only animals that chose to wear clothes. We talk and have our own language; we change our facial features through beauty procedures. We are constantly holding a block that we call a cell phone. We cannot deem an animal weird if we don’t take a look at ourselves first. We are the weird ones. If I were a Chromodoris sea slug, I would be terrified of a human walking near me. If I were a chameleon, I would change color to blend with my surroundings. If I were a bee, I would sting. As a human, when I encounter a weird animal, I usually find them cute-looking; I’m sure that it’s not the case for them.