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The capillary towers are capable of growing in the deepest of seas, able to sustain the pressure of the depths and the coldest of waters. As they grow the planet's tidal flow is altered by their powerful metabolic filtration systems, used to draw all biomass.{{Fn|2c}}
Once the Hive Fleet's feeding has concluded, the fleshy parts of the towers will be stripped from them, leaving behind the mineral structure that had held them aloft. This structure is durable and can keep portions of the feeding towers upright even without their musculature and flesh tethers. It is evident that reabsorption of the mineral structures is problematic enough for hive fleets to leave them behind on multiple consumed worlds, leaving behind only the lacy remains of feeding towers.{{Fn|6}}
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