A Green Sea Hare

Here is another California Sea hare. But, look how different the color is from the earlier Sea Hare picture. I wanted to show you that animals that are the same species can look very different. In your classroom, you have humans in your class with black, blonde, red, or brown hair, Sea Hares can be different colors, too. What color algae do you think this Sea Hare eats? See how it looks like there is a hole above the Sea Hare’s head? Actually, there are two wing-like thingies that are folded over each other and they make a sort of “tunnel.” Like a fish, the Sea Hare has gills. Water enters the “tunnel” and passes over the gills. The gills absorb oxygen from the water. This is kind of like breathing for humans. Then the water squirts out the back, out of that tube or siphon on the back left. This little blob of a creature has many interesting features that help it survive in the Intertidal Zone.


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