It would seem to be something you'd see only in a cartoon or at a Phish concert, but according to park rangers in New South Wales, Australia, dozens of giant, fluorescent pink slugs have been popping up on a mountaintop there. The eight-inch creatures have been spotted only on Mount Kaputar, a 5,000-foot peak in the Nandewar Range in northern New South Wales. Scientists believe the eye-catching organisms are survivors from an era when Australia was home to rainforests. A series of volcanoes, millions of years of erosion and other geological changes “have carved a dramatic landscape at Mount Kaputar”, the park service wrote on its Facebook page, and unique arid conditions spared the slugs from extinction. (Photo by Michael Murphy/AFP Photo/NSW Environment Office)

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Spain's defender #14 Laia Codina celebrates scoring her team's fourth goal during the Australia and New Zealand 2023 Women's World Cup round of 16 football match between Switzerland and Spain at Eden Park in Auckland on August 5, 2023. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP Photo)

Giant panda Yu Ai enjoys fruit “kebabs” at Chongqing Zoo on November 30, 2024 in Chongqing, China. (Photo by Li Hongbo/VCG via Getty Images)

American actress Anya Taylor-Joy attends the Australian premiere of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” on May 02, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

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Brazilians in favor of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff demonstrate as the Lower House of Congress voted over her impeachment in Brasilia, Brazil April 17, 2016. The sign reads, “The people want justice. Prison for the corrupt”. (Photo by Adriano Machado/Reuters)