Tropical water lilies can breathe
Posted on
May 23rd, 2009
by enzo
A tropical water lily breathing from Utopia Aquatic on Vimeo.
Some time ago as maintenance was being done across the ponds, I noticed something unique. After removing an expired pad from a N. William Mclane, I noticed it started releasing bubbles and it kept going and going!
I’m not entirely sure of the composition of the bubbles but I believe that it could be mostly oxygen. This could be particularly useful during a power outage @ the popping of the bubbles on the water surface creating gas exchange.
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