Meet the snot-dwelling sea creatures who help move food through the ocean

Hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface, animals smaller than the palm of your hand make their houses out of snot. These bizarro creatures called larvaceans keep the oceans teeming with life by gobbling up anything nutritious that’s floated down from the surface.These little guys, which are shaped like tadpoles, filter a truly shocking amount of water in a single hour — between two and four of those giant five-gallon water jugs that get delivered to your office, according to