Slug of some sort?

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What is this? Looks like a snail without the shell, or vaguely like a gray terrestrial slug. Is it reef safe? D417AA44-4DE4-4503-9189-FE2A3FA1D848.jpeg
 
Better picture after plucking it off the rock and dropping it on the sand. It can move pretty quick. Moves just like a snail.
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Yes! Good, bad?
Very good!
Be warned though, they have a natural defense mechanism that lets them "drop" their tail... Kind of like a lizard. The tail will die, but before it does, it waves around like it's alive, probably to distract a predator while the snail escapes. Really weird to see and freaked me out the first time I tried to pick one off a rock and it happened, lol.
 
Just found another thread about them, that’s definitely what this little hitchhiker is. Thank you!
 

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