Gumboot Chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri) or Giant Pacific Chiton or Wandering Meatloaf

I know it's foolish, utterly wrong, practically criminal to classify animals and their behavior in human terms...such as "modest" or "unassuming" or "humble"...but it is hard not to do so, especially when faced with one of these odd and sort of monstrous creatures - gumboot chitons (Cryptochiton stelleri), similarly known as giant pacific chitons and the chuckle-inspiring "wandering meatloaf"...I can't imagine trying to eat one. They're big, they're brick red, they're fairly impressive and they don't possess some of the simplest features we normally associate with anything really wild. I imagine, however, that despite their humility and modesty and unassuming nature...that these critters and their sort have outlived humans by quite a stretch in the cosmic scale of things. Truly, they are the charismatic megafauna of the chiton world...and I'm so glad to still encounter them during the lowest tides.

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