Well this is fun :)

Looks like there’s a planarian hanging out in this sponge’s osculum

#sponge #biology #invertebrates

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Zooming in and speeding it up a touch, we once again see Ephydatia muelleri constitutively secreting (presumably) sponge waste along mucosal tracts 😀 #sponge #biology

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Took a Timelapse to commemorate this #sponge being 6 months old!

Alas, an unexpected bout of shrimp cannibalism has stolen the show…

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It appears sponges move quite a lot in the span of 2 hours 🧽🏃💨

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Best part about water-change day is being able to watch photosynthesis in real time, when the water is no longer saturated in O2 🙂🤓🌿🌱

#biology #science #photosynthesis

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I wonder if I will ever fail to be blown away (pun intended) by the speed at which sponges move water through their tissues…

…the flow being generated by countless, coordinated beats of flagella ??! 🤯🤯🤯

I love them ❤️🧽

#sponge #biology

*video shot in real-time, 60fps*

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And another timelapse (~4hrs) that shows what we interpret as mucosal waste excretion in the freshwater sponge, Ephydatia muelleri

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A timelapse of (~2hrs) of feeding sponges a reddish slurry of phytoplankton in suspension

You’ll notice they change from green to brownish as they take up this food

(NOTE: shrimps and snail are *not* from the sponges’ natural habitat)

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Is taking a harmless, benign, adorable lil video of a freshwater limpet still considered procrastination or … ?

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