Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Te ara: Ka tīmata katoa ngā stalactite kōhatu ki te matimati kotahi o te wai. I te hinganga o te pata, ka whakatakotoria e ia te mowhiti matotoru rawa atu o te karaka. Ko ia maturuturunga iho e puta ana, e hinga ana, ka whakatakoto i tētahi atu mowhiti kōaro. I te mutunga, ka hangaia e enei mowhiti he ngongo ngongo iti (≈4 ki te 5 mm te diameter), e mohiotia ana ko te "soda straw" stalactite. Ka taea e ngā kakau waipiro te tipu roa, engari he tino pakaru. Mēnā ka kōpeketia e ngā paru, ka tīmata te rere o te wai ki waho, ka nui ake te kōpeke, ā, ka hanga i te stalaktite āhua kōnihi e mōhiotia ana. Ko ngā maturuturunga wai e taka mai ana i te pito o tētahi pūngāwerewere, ka nui ake te pūngāwerewere i runga i te papa i raro iho, ā, ka puta mai he pūngāwerewere, he pūngāwerewere rānei. Kaore i rite ki nga stalactite, kaore nga stalagmites i tiimata hei "poka soda" koretake. Ki te nui te wā, ka taea e ēnei hanganga te tūtaki, te whakakotahi, hei hanga i ngā pou o te konupūmā kārihi e mōhiotia ana ko te "pou".  Pātai: He aha te rerekētanga i waenganui i ngā stalagmites me ngā stalagmites?
Kāore ngā stalagmites i te tīmatanga i te āhua o ngā "toka wai"