# Solar-powered seaweed-sucking seaslugs with Nicole Mertens Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens.md Podcast: [Seaweed People](https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686) Published: 2025-04-04T05:00:50+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/seaweed-people/episodes/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65a9c4e87c978b0017713b68/e/67ef6783506c6c628caec3d1/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seaweed-people-6800686/episodes/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens Duration seconds: 1986 ## Resource This one’s for you if you’re into nudibranchs, sea grapes, solar power, butterflies, citizen science and tongues with teeth(!?) 🌱 🐛 Nicole Mertens is a marine ecologist with a passion for sacoglossans, a science communicator and the Nature Stewards Coordinator with the Victorian National Parks Association. Nicole is passionate about using citizen science as a platform for evidence-based conservation, and helping people connect with their local environment.  You can find Nicole and the VNPA team here and on socials @vicnationalparks .  You can find and contact me @seaweed.people . Donate to support the making of this show at buymeacoffee.com/seaweedpeople. Links to research, projects and stories touched on in this ep:  Seaslug census Facebook group (Australia) iNaturalist - sacoglossans of Victoria (good pics) Nudibranchs - videos + freaky facts Shaun the Sheep internet famous nudi Keep your head: the self-decapitating sea slugs that regrow their bodies – hearts and all Solar-powered sea slugs  VNPA ReefWatch citizen science programs This episode was recorded and produced on Gadigal/Wangal and Larrakia Country. I acknowledge and pay respects to First Nations people and their elders past and present as the ongoing custodians of Sea, Land and Sky Country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seaweed-people-6800686/episodes/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/seaweed-people-6800686/solar-powered-seaweed-sucking-seaslugs-with-nicole-mertens.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.