Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Sea Hare Bioweapons. Sea Hares have soft bodies making them an easy target for predators. That would be if it weren't for the sea hares numerous defenses. Find out how the sea hare protects itself against various predators such as the spiny lobster.
SEA HARE ARTICLES BY CHARLES DERBY ET AL.
Kicklighter, C., & Derby, C. Multiple components in ink of the sea hare Aplysia californica are aversive to the sea anemone Anthopleura sola goo.gl/ZYNzq
Kicklighter, C., Shabani, S., Johnson, P., & Derby, C. (Sea Hares Use Novel Antipredatory Chemical Defenses goo.gl/Qb9F9
Love-Chezem, T., Aggio, J., & Derby, C. Defense through sensory inactivation: sea hare ink reduces sensory and motor responses of spiny lobsters to food odors goo.gl/hk2ce
Original Videos:
1.March of the Sea Hares: goo.gl/bVuDH
2-3.Sea Hare Inks Lobster : Credit Charles Derby and Paul M. Watson
Pictures:
1.Sea Hare Squirting Ink: Genny Anderson
2.Sea Hare Ink in Hands: Colin Brown
3.Black Circular Sea Hare in Hands: Michael Coleman
Music: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting & Kevin MacLeod - Rite of Passage (incompetech.com)
Sea Hare Bioweapons. Sea Hares have soft bodies making them an easy target for predators. That would be if it weren't for the sea hares numerous defenses. Find out how the sea hare protects itself against various predators such as the spiny lobster.
SEA HARE ARTICLES BY CHARLES DERBY ET AL.
Kicklighter, C., & Derby, C. Multiple components in ink of the sea hare Aplysia californica are aversive to the sea anemone Anthopleura sola goo.gl/ZYNzq
Kicklighter, C., Shabani, S., Johnson, P., & Derby, C. (Sea Hares Use Novel Antipredatory Chemical Defenses goo.gl/Qb9F9
Love-Chezem, T., Aggio, J., & Derby, C. Defense through sensory inactivation: sea hare ink reduces sensory and motor responses of spiny lobsters to food odors goo.gl/hk2ce
Original Videos:
1.March of the Sea Hares: goo.gl/bVuDH
2-3.Sea Hare Inks Lobster : Credit Charles Derby and Paul M. Watson
Pictures:
1.Sea Hare Squirting Ink: Genny Anderson
2.Sea Hare Ink in Hands: Colin Brown
3.Black Circular Sea Hare in Hands: Michael Coleman
Music: Brett Donnelly - Action Sting & Kevin MacLeod - Rite of Passage (incompetech.com)
