Barrel racing gone wrong #2

Explaining The Ocean on Instagram: "Salps are transparent, barrel-shaped drifters often mistaken for jellyfish—but they’re actually distant relatives of vertebrates through the tunicate family. They move by rhythmically pumping water, filtering plankton as they glide. Sometimes, they link together into long, shimmering chains stretching for meters—an alien sight beneath the waves. But beyond their beauty, salps are powerful: they can swarm in massive numbers, consume vast amounts of plankton, an