The sea squirt is a strange creature Found attached to rocks and shells it looks like a soft plastic tube waving with the current Drawing its nutrients from the passing water it lives a passive life far removed from its once active youth The sea squirt starts life as a tadpole with a primitive spinal cord and brain that helps it find food and avoid harm As a juvenile it spends its days exploring the ocean but something happens when it reaches adulthood Settling on its rock it stops exploring and growing In a macabre twist it digests its own
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