Subject: APK0005uhd

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• by Ksloots

  are these straw-like parts of the #house?

  Posted December 21, 2014 11:52 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  These are some particles trapped on a mucus of the house. As the houses catch debris from the water, they become visible and the filters

  Posted December 21, 2014 12:01 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  get clogged (it takes just a few hours) so the Larvacean abandons it and starts building a new one. The old one sinks to the bottom..

  Posted December 21, 2014 12:11 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  which is significant for the Carbon cycle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_cycle

  Posted December 21, 2014 12:17 PM