Thread: What's the one thing during a dive that makes it all worthwhile?
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Old 16-04-08, 10:42 PM
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Tunicates are what?
Cephelapods are very nice to watch and always put a smile on my face, but what really gives me a huge sense of awe and wonderment on a dive is a free swimming salp. Did I ever mention that I think tunicates are mad?

example 1.
boring but amazing reading
Sea Squirt Regrows Entire Body from One Blood Vessel | LiveScience

example 2.
Short and beautiful films of salps
http://www.oceanfootage.com/video_clips/EK02_021
from
http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Salp

Just a self replicating mobile digestive tract - the mother and father of us all. Has a spinal-chord as a baby, then settles down and re-absorbs it.

Wow!
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