Talk:Philinopsis speciosa

A fact from Philinopsis speciosa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 16 August 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the sea slug Philinopsis speciosa wraps the mucus strand containing its eggs around its head?

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The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 20:06, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the sea slug Philinopsis speciosa wraps the mucus strand containing its eggs around its head? Source: "P. speciosa enroule ce filament autour de sa tête formant un tube de filaments embrouillés. Lorsqu’il termine de pondre, il enlève sa tête du cylindre ainsi produit et ancre le bout du filament dans les fonds sablo-vaseux."

Reviewed: 660 Fifth Avenue

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 19:59, 4 August 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Pardon my (nonexistent understanding of) French, but hook fact seems interesting enough and appears to check out per Gtranslate. Article is long and new enough, no copyvio detected, and QPQ has been done. Merci! Kingoflettuce (talk) 11:58, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]