--- description: If you've never seen a baby sea squirt, you're missing out. The creatures have taken Japanese Twitter by storm, and it's easy to see why. title: There's a Funny New Animal on the Internet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stop Everything: There's a New Adorable Animal on the Internet by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2015 7:02 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 16, 2015 7:02 AM CUT If you’ve never seen a baby sea squirt, you’re definitely missing out. The adorable undersea animals have taken Japanese Twitter by storm, and you only need to take one look to realize why. > [](https://twitter.com/hosoi/status/587852536511463425) You can almost hear them singing a chorus in little high-pitched voices. > [](https://twitter.com/kazui0521/status/587860827358699520) They actually look like little swarming characters from the Studio Ghibli classic animation _Ponyo_, which could explain why the Japanese love them so much. But then again, who wouldn’t? > [](https://twitter.com/s7%5Farsho125/status/551366431799922689) Note: you have to catch ’em young, because it looks like they grow up to be the sea-squirt equivalent of angsty teenagers. > [](https://twitter.com/byokan/status/588157141036445696) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3824614/baby-sea-squirts-japan-twitter-ascidiacea-tunicate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3824614/baby-sea-squirts-japan-twitter-ascidiacea-tunicate/"},"headline":"Stop Everything: There's a New Adorable Animal on the Internet","datePublished":"2015-04-16T07:02:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:49.162Z","description":"Kittens are so over","url":"https://time.com/3824614/baby-sea-squirts-japan-twitter-ascidiacea-tunicate/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","twitter","Japan","singing"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3824614/baby-sea-squirts-japan-twitter-ascidiacea-tunicate/","name":"Stop Everything: There's a New Adorable Animal on the Internet"}}]}] ```