the scientific name for a kelp bulb is a pneumatocyst, that's found on the Nereocystis luetkeana: a genus of kelp that's name is Greek for "mermaid's bladder"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nereocystis_luetkeana
that being said, kelp bulbs are generally filled with CO2, CO and O2. thus they could not be used as explosives, as the quest suggests.
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the scientific name for a kelp bulb is a pneumatocyst, that's found on the Nereocystis luetkeana: a genus of kelp that's name is Greek for "mermaid's bladder"
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that being said, kelp bulbs are generally filled with CO2, CO and O2. thus they could not be used as explosives, as the quest suggests.
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