Magnificent Bryozoan in Elm Lake
I had never noticed this in Brazos Bend State Park before, so I consulted the iNaturalist app to identify it. The app called it a magnificent bryozoan, so I had to look it up when I got home. I found the following somewhat snarky description of it. It's an animal - or, more accurately - a colony of animals. It's harmless, at least to humans, and feeds by filtering the water that flows through it, similar to oysters and mussels. BTW, this organism is completely under water.
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Magnificent Bryozoan in Elm Lake
I had never noticed this in Brazos Bend State Park before, so I consulted the iNaturalist app to identify it. The app called it a magnificent bryozoan, so I had to look it up when I got home. I found the following somewhat snarky description of it. It's an animal - or, more accurately - a colony of animals. It's harmless, at least to humans, and feeds by filtering the water that flows through it, similar to oysters and mussels. BTW, this organism is completely under water.
nerdist.com/article/bryozoan-snot-monster-science-biology...