An Ode to Salps: Our Gelatinous Marine Cousins

Salps are more than just strange balls of goo drifting through the sea—in fact, they’re more closely related to us than they are to jellyfish, and play a huge role in marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle as the “vacuum cleaners of the ocean”! Free to watch on Dr.Doc Kids.

Courtesy of Monterey Bay Aquarium on YouTube. Watch on YouTube ↗

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