small alien
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My little fluorescent green fungia produces one of the most amazing things I've ever seen in my tank and that is a mucus net so delicate and so carefully constructed, it completely boggles my mind. Here's my attempt at a photo.
It will produce one or two of these and can deploy and draw them in extremely rapidly. They are finer than the finest human hair with a single long filament flanked by extremely regular side filaments on one side of the main. Sometimes you can see a glob of mucus on the surface of the fungia, sometimes not. The first time I saw it was when just the moon lights were on. Now it comes out any ol' time.
Has anyone seen this? Can anyone describe how this organism constructs this amazing tool?
Cheers, paul
It will produce one or two of these and can deploy and draw them in extremely rapidly. They are finer than the finest human hair with a single long filament flanked by extremely regular side filaments on one side of the main. Sometimes you can see a glob of mucus on the surface of the fungia, sometimes not. The first time I saw it was when just the moon lights were on. Now it comes out any ol' time.
Has anyone seen this? Can anyone describe how this organism constructs this amazing tool?
Cheers, paul
