chromium/libpepflashplayer creates numerous connections

[Arul Selvan]

Does anyone know why libpepflashplayer creates numerous (over 20+) network connections to various Google servers? 

The following is a result of just starting chromium [Version 41.0.2272.76 Ubuntu 15.04 (64-bit)] and opening a single tab to google.com

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp       98      0 192.168.1.120:51694     216.58.218.195:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp       98      0 192.168.1.120:51687     216.58.218.195:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp       98      0 192.168.1.120:46061     216.58.218.206:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      440      0 192.168.1.120:51690     216.58.218.195:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      440      0 192.168.1.120:51689     216.58.218.195:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      440      0 192.168.1.120:51688     216.58.218.195:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      440      0 192.168.1.120:46069     216.58.218.206:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      440      0 192.168.1.120:46068     216.58.218.206:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      440      0 192.168.1.120:46067     216.58.218.206:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      392      0 192.168.1.120:43589     216.58.218.174:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      392      0 192.168.1.120:35444     74.125.227.172:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp      376      0 192.168.1.120:59250     74.125.227.167:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.120:51679     216.58.218.195:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.120:51352     173.194.77.188:5228     ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.120:45553     216.58.218.164:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.120:43812     173.255.112.173:443     ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla
tcp        0      0 192.168.1.120:43598     216.58.218.174:443      ESTABLISHED 7681/libpepflashpla


arul@cheetah:~$ ps -ef |grep 7681
arul      7681  2945  2 11:32 ?        00:00:29 chromium-browser --ppapi-flash-path=/usr/lib/pepperflashplugin-nonfree/libpepflashplayer.so --ppapi-flash-version=15.0.0.223 --enable-pinch