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Belinda the sea sponge may be inanimate, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have a lot going on in her life.
Researchers recorded footage of two different types of sea sponges sneezing — a brilliant purple sponge from the Indo-Pacific called Chelonaplysilla, and Aplysina archeri, a vibrant red-pink ...
Scientists observed the 'sneezing' sea sponge slip into winter hibernation over four years.
Twenty-three metres below the surface of Barkley Sound, a sea sponge named Belinda is telling researchers about changing ocean conditions. "Honestly, it was very opportunistic," Dominica Harrison ...
Researchers caught footage of sea sponges sneezing to expel unwanted material, in a new study. Sneezing is a mechanism that sponges evolved to keep themselves clean, the scientists say. A sponge ...
Researchers recorded footage of two different types of sea sponges sneezing — a brilliant purple sponge from the Indo-Pacific called Chelonaplysilla, and Aplysina archeri, a vibrant red-pink ...
Sea Sponges Sneeze Sediment-filled Snot New research reveals the animals expel mucus as a form of self-cleaning and other creatures eat the stuff up ...
You might be tempted to say “gesundheit,” but the sea creature’s snot helps feed other marine organisms. By Sam Jones Sneezing is far from a uniquely human behavior. Maybe you’ve seen your ...
Scientists observed the 'sneezing' sea sponge slip into winter hibernation over four years.
Researchers recorded footage of two different types of sea sponges sneezing — a brilliant purple sponge from the Indo-Pacific called Chelonaplysilla, and Aplysina archeri, a vibrant red-pink ...
Twenty-three metres below the surface of Barkley Sound, a sea sponge named Belinda is telling researchers about changing ocean conditions. “Honestly, it was very opportunistic,” Dominica ...