- Larvaceans’ underwater ‘snot palaces’ boast elaborate plumbing: The newest reconstructions of flow suggest how inner ducts, chambers and valves, all made of mucus, help harvest bacteria and other suitable food particles from the normally weak soup of seawater https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2345-2 5 comments science
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- The Sea’s Weirdest Creatures, Now in ‘Staggering’ Detail - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/science/ocean-biology-larvaceans-lasers.html 2 comments
- Tiny sea creature helps remove greenhouse gas emissions - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-07/deep-sea-mucus-larvacean 1 comment
- Shedding Light on Untouchable Sea Creatures | The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/shedding-light-on-untouchable-sea-creatures 1 comment
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