10. More facial expressions than Ren and Stimpy put together.
9. Bag cells, bag cells, bag cells.
8. Still less slimy than Johnnie Cochran.
7. Now, more hair than Demi Moore.
6. No more of those pesky Animal Care and Use Committee protocol forms.
5. Energetic, exciting, dynamic (compared to Dole).
4. "Them" (Politically correct solution to the gender specific pronoun.)
3. More working brain cells than Beavis (or was that Butthead ... who cares?)
2. A-P-L-Y-S-I-A: Can be pronounced 13 different ways.
... and the number one reason to DO Aplysia:
1. You can leave a slug in culture, but you can't make 'em ink*.
*Only applies to green seaweed-fed snails
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