Carnivorous Sponges — So That's a Thing

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There aren't many creatures as safe and chill as the humble sea sponge, right? Well, not so fast! It turns out there's a whole family of carnivorous sponges that trap and eat small animals using spines and migrating stomaches! Special thanks to The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. Check out their video about these sponges here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJeyOU4eSKw Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00441-019-03032-8 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/181/1/1/3926497 www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00371/full www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/11250009009355684 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJeyOU4eSKw

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