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Weird carnivorous sponge discovered

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15-11-2012 1:26am

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Adam Khor

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http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/3752-new-carnivorous-sponge-species.html

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#2 15-11-2012 6:53pm
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That is one crazy looking sponge:

Worth mentioning how it eats too:

Velcro-like barbed hooks cover the sponge's branching limbs, snaring crustaceans as they are swept into its branches by deep-sea currents.Once the harp sponge has its meal, it envelops the animal in a thin membrane, and then slowly begins to digest its prey.

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#3 16-11-2012 12:33am
Adam Khor

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Mickeroo wrote: »

That is one crazy looking sponge:

Worth mentioning how it eats too:

Basically, an animal version of a carnivorous plant of the deep

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