The Moss Animals That Are Defined by Their Butts

This episode is sponsored by Wren, a website where you calculate your carbon footprint. Sign up to make a monthly contribution to offset your carbon footprint or support rainforest protection projects: https://www.wren.co/start/journeytoth... At first glance, they seem a bit more like plants or a series of flowers with thin, elegant petals. But no, they are indeed an animal. One that has the dubious honor of being defined largely by its anus. Shop The Microcosmos: https://www.microcosmos.store Follow Journey to the Microcosmos: Twitter:   / journeytomicro   Facebook:   / journeytomicro   Support the Microcosmos:   / journeytomicro   More from Jam’s Germs: Instagram:   / jam_and_germs   YouTube:    / @jamsgerms   Hosted by Hank Green: Twitter:   / hankgreen   YouTube:    / vlogbrothers   Music by Andrew Huang:    / andrewhuang   Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production. Find out more at https://www.complexly.com Stock video from: https://www.videoblocks.com SOURCES: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... https://www.eurekalert.org/news-relea... https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/... https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/bryozoa/bry... https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/a... https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2... https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/fi... https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/bryozoa/bry... https://theconversation.com/the-bryoz... http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~legneref/... https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/... https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80...