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What is this?????????

Posted By: Big bass boy

What is this????????? - 08/14/15 03:20 AM

I was at my local pond for the first time since all the rain because the water level has finally Receded. I found this vegetation and I have no idea what it is anyone know what it is.

If it helps it's about the consistency of jello
Posted By: Big Worm78

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 03:36 AM

Look like the baby vampires from the movie Van Helsing! Would not fish there after dark...
Posted By: Big bass boy

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 03:43 AM

roflmao
Posted By: stratos1760dv

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 03:48 AM

Aliens
Posted By: J-2

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 03:52 AM

Bryozoans
Posted By: Retired Fisherman

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 02:13 PM

I'm thinking it might be some kind of aquatic plant such as a water lily. When the water receded, the leaf could not remain in the water so it is now in the decaying stage.
Posted By: ddmm

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 02:31 PM

pond scum.....
Posted By: Outdoordude

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 07:04 PM

Originally Posted By: J-2
Bryozoans


Correct. It's a colony of tiny filter-feeding critters that attach themselves to submerged stuff like stumps, brush, and rocks.
Posted By: 361V

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 08:11 PM

Originally Posted By: J-2
Bryozoans
Yep. Plenty of them attached to stick-ups on Fork. I was baffled first time I saw one also,
Posted By: bigtexnick

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 08:25 PM

What the heck....
Posted By: Mudshark

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 08:29 PM

Originally Posted By: 361V
Originally Posted By: J-2
Bryozoans
Yep. Plenty of them attached to stick-ups on Fork. I was baffled first time I saw one also,


They are actually a sign of good water quality.
Posted By: FMJshooter

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 09:46 PM

Truck nuts factory flooded
Posted By: hook-line&sinker

Re: What is this????????? - 08/14/15 10:25 PM

The Bryozoa, also known as Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals, are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals.
Posted By: outfishdya

Re: What is this????????? - 08/15/15 03:14 AM

Pretty sure those are the brain eating amoeba. It looks like your found their brain supply.
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