Amazing moss balls

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I never thought that algae would interest me so much.

Yes, yes, algae, but the algae are unusual, filamentous and green, which are formed into unique balls, called moss balls.

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They grow on their own and do not cling to the bottom or stones. Until recently, such algae could be found only in 2 places on the planet: at the bottom of the Japanese lake Meevant and the volcanic lake Akan in Iceland.

The correct name for these algae is in Latin, like Aegagropila linnaei. Balls grow to sizes from 12 to 30 centimeters, depending on the climate where they were found.

The appearance of Moss balls in Australia was the first fact of their existence in the Southern hemisphere of the Earth. The peculiarity of these algae is that they do not grow from the bottom, they can grow in all directions from the center of the ball.

I myself do not particularly like seaweed, I can not even swim in the sea, if I see these greenish slippery "bodies" floating and swaying in the water, I think that not many people cause sympathy ...

But any rule has exceptions, such exceptions are the Moss balls. This is the most beautiful algae from all the algae of the planet Earth. They are both small and large up to 30 centimeters, their size, according to experts, depends on the temperature of the water.

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