Tiny rods in sea sponges are awesome at not buckling - Futurity

Tiny rods lend stiffness to the squishy body of the orange puffball sea sponge. They're also way better than cylinders at not buckling under pressure.

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Intelligence in Plants and Animals, by Thomas G. Gentry—A Project Gutenberg eBook

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How To Reproduce a Sea Sponge using Liquid Plastic

Production and shedding of tissues in sponges found to be slower than believed

Cutting Horse Chatter by Cowboy Publishing Group - Issuu

Frontiers The Hexactinellid Deep-Water Sponge Vazella pourtalesii (Schmidt, 1870) (Rossellidae) Copes With Temporarily Elevated Concentrations of Suspended Natural Sediment

Sea sponges may seem like simple creatures, but…

Seabed sponge forest basks in ice-free Antarctic sun