The Mysterious Salp: An Alien-Like Sea Creature

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Facts: The Sea Salp

I love seeing ocean aliens! This is salp. Salp is a marine invertebrate that moves by contracting & pumping water through its gelatinous body. It feeds on plankton through its internal feeding filters. When the plankton is plentiful, the salp can clog & sink to the sea floor. This sinking salp carries carbon & nutriets to the sea floor. Small fish can also use salp as a home, protection, or food. Salp do not have a brain or central nervous system. This salp was quickly placed back in the ocean.

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What Exactly is: Salp | The Perplexing Gelatinous Chain

What is a salp? The salp is not an alien, it looks like a jellyfish but it doesn’t sting. So what is it? Turns out the salp is an animal closer related to humans than jellies, with a complex digestive, circulatory, and nervous system. This creature has the ability to propel through water to an extent and, as a current dweller, can be seen floating by pushed around by the ocean currents. Salps have one of the fastest life cycles of the ocean and they can grow from babies to adults in a matter of

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