
From the Vault: The Plague of Mucus
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The Dirty Sea Demon
An outbreak of marine mucilage can stay floating on the sur face, or suspended throughout the water column, for around two to three months. And then after that, it tends to float down and settle on the sea bottom. This would be like the ocean itself is a demon ya, or just kind of a roughly noid form made out of thecs. That'sthe way i'm picturing it. So outbreaks of ceas have been occurring in the adriatic ever since they were observed. But frequency has increased sharply in the last 30 years or so.
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