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Boy does this one have a story! I was outside tide-pooling when I saw a glimmer of color. After closer inspection, I realize that it was, in fact, an opalescent Nudibranch. I watched it for a while and not much happened. All the sudden, there was a blur of movement. The Nudibranch, which was just going under a piece of seaweed, retracted in horror. Clinging onto it, was a shrimp (which I am having some difficulty identifying) Struggling , trying to pull it under the leaf. Eventually, thanks to the Opalescent Nudibranch’s incredible ability to absorb the stings of creatures such as sea anemones and re-purpose them into their own stings, It got away. In the second picture, you will see the end of the battle, the Nudibranch struggling next to the shrimp which is on the right. I feel so incredibly lucky to be able to have seen this.