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Human and Animal Interaction question: How do sea sponges eat their food? Sponges abosrb their food by their little holes in the sponge Because most adult sponges can't travel in search of food they get ... Waht sponges eat? Can you eat sea sponges? Explain how sponges eat? Whatb do sea sponges eat? How often do sponges...
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WHAT WE DO: ... •Create educational materials for use in the classroom ... Looking for sponges? The page moved here!;
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www.oceanicresearch.org/sponges.html
www.oceanicresearch.org/sponges.html
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Sponges are animals like you and me, but they can't just walk to the kitchen if they're hungry. ... 2) Then, the water is drawn through many canals which trap the food (sponges eat lots of plankton - tiny fish)
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teachers.northallegheny.org/jspak/AP%20Bio%20Projects%2...
teachers.northallegheny.org/jspak/AP%20Bio%20Projects%202006/APBioSpongesKunkelpd8910/APBioSpongesKunkelpd8910/page5%20complete.htm
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There is not a large amount of research on sponges, so there is much we do not yet know about them. ... A few species of fish, seaslugs and hawks bill turtles eat sponges, according to this website:
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www.madsci.org/posts/archives/apr99/925176593.Zo.r.html
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Sponges are usually attached to rocks or other sponges. There are over five thousand species of sponges. Sponges eat food unlike plants that make there own food. To eat, they filter dead organic matter from the water.
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www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/sage/ocean%20animals/SPONGES%2...
www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/sage/ocean%20animals/SPONGES%20giles%20lemmens.htm
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Animals that eat sponges and algae help to keep a healthy balance on the reef. If there are too few of these animals, then the sponges and algae may take over. Examples of algae eaters are Parrotfishes, Sea Urchins, and Crabs.
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www.reefnews.com/reefnews/photos/corals/sponges.html
www.reefnews.com/reefnews/photos/corals/sponges.html
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As this incoming water passes over the collar cells, bacteria in it are trapped by the collar processes and ingested by the cells. This is the way sponges eat. Generally, it is considered that bacteria and other similar-sized particles of organic material are the only things that sponges eat.
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www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0697/0697_1.html
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Sponges were considered to be plants by the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Observations of water currents generated by cells pointed to their animal nature and filter feeding mode of life. Sponges feed by filtering small food particles (some even eat bacteria) out of water pumped through the system by flagellated collar cells.
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www.reef.edu.au/asp_pages/seca.asp?FormNo=5
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