Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCarnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Oceanwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down13
arrow-up1226arrow-down1external-linkCarnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Oceanwww.theguardian.comLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down4·edit-21 year agoArticle does not tell you what a death ball does
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·1 year ago The spherical sponge, Chondrocladia sp nov, is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey, which is different to how sponges usually feed. Generally, sea sponges are passive filter feeders. It does though.
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·1 year agoI don’t know how I missed that
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoThe hooks are pretty tiny, easy to miss.
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoIt sponges around eating meat n stuff
minus-squareLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoDeath. It does death.
Article does not tell you what a death ball does
It does though.
I don’t know how I missed that
The hooks are pretty tiny, easy to miss.
It sponges around eating meat n stuff
SCIENCE
Death. It does death.