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Hello everyone today in
Newie it is fine and cold unless you are in the sun, Tim is off work
for the rest of the week until I think Sunday when he is working
because Sunday work is at double time which is why he likes Sunday
work.
Anyway here is this
weeks indestructible creature, a Glass Sponge and yes the delicate
skeletons of creature is pretty breakable but the sponges themselves
are thought to live up to 15,000 years. If that is true it would be
one of the oldest known creatures on Earth.
The shell of this deep
sea sponge and is made of silica a natural form of glass, inside
lives a sponge a strange creature made up of a collection of cells
that clump together and live as one. It has no brain or mouth, it
just lets water flow through its holes and soaks up the feed and
oxygen it needs.
Glass
sponges are found in Antarctica
may
grow faster than scientists once thought. Conventional wisdom holds
that life in Antarctica
moves
at a glacial pace. Marine creatures called sponges, which live on the
sea
floor,
have been known to go a decade without any measurable growth in the
Antarctic.
I had no idea they existed - interesting. sandie
ReplyDeleteHi, Jo-Anne!
ReplyDeleteThat glass sponge had me fooled. It doesn't look a day over 10,000. :) What a fascinating creature - delicate looking - yet built for survival and longevity in harsh conditions. Thanks for the report, dear friend Jo-Anne!
I like your new look! Those sponges look really cool, too. I like learning new things :)
ReplyDeleteThe only way I could handle living that long is without a brain. Frankly, I wonder if it wouldn't help now...
ReplyDeleteChatty...........Me either
ReplyDeleteShady..........I know delicate but strong at the same time
Carol........Thanks
Christ.......I never thought of creatures living without brain or mouth but they do