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Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Belinda the surprisingly busy sea sponge takes a whole day to sneeze <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/belinda-sea-sponge-sneezing-1.7426170" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/belin</span><span class="invisible">da-sea-sponge-sneezing-1.7426170</span></a></p><p>"researchers have used 4 years of time-lapse footage from the sea floor of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> to paint a picture of the daily life of a busy <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sponge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sponge</span></a>... They learned Belinda has both a daily and an annual routine, changing shape, size and colour with changing seasons. Rarely lonely, Belinda receives visitors from a diverse array of ocean critters, including <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/snails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snails</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/crabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crabs</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeaStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaStars</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/anemones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anemones</span></a>"</p>
webcubus<p>A selection of critters from a December dive at the UNH Research Pier in New Castle, New Hampshire</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/seastar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seastar</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/worm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worm</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/sponge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sponge</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/underwaterPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underwaterPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macrophotography</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/scubaDiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scubaDiving</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/coldWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coldWater</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/olympus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>olympus</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Sponges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sponges</span></a>' <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/symbiosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbiosis</span></a> with <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> helps them store toxic <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/molybdenum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>molybdenum</span></a> to keep predators away<br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-sponges-symbiosis-bacteria-toxic-molybdenum.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-08-sponges-</span><span class="invisible">symbiosis-bacteria-toxic-molybdenum.html</span></a></p><p>Out of the blue: Hyperaccumulation of molybdenum in the Indo-Pacific sponge Theonella conica <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adn3923" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv</span><span class="invisible">.adn3923</span></a> </p><p>"Entotheonella serves as a detoxifying organ for accumulating metals inside the body of its <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sponge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sponge</span></a> hosts. Hoarding more and more molybdenum, the bacteria convert it from its toxic soluble state into a mineral."</p>
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