Factoid/2012/11/16
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The Ocean Continues to Amaze - A Meat-Eating Sponge
- "Velcro-like barbed hooks cover the sponge's branching limbs, snaring crustaceans as they are swept into its branches by deep-sea currents. Once the harp sponge has its meal, it envelops the animal in a thin membrane, and then slowly begins to digest its prey." - excerpt from article in Discovery News.
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