The Wet World of Sponges

The Wet World of Sponges
Team 26502
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Jaws!
What stays in one place, lives in the water, and eats minuscule organisms?
No, it's not a Venus's fly-trap with a scuba tank, it's the carnivorous sponge!

Until recent times, porifera were categorized as herbivorous filter feeders. Scientists theorized and generalized, eventually, that all sponges implemented a filter feeding system designed for microscopic sustenance. But, as a result of the endeavors and research of two French scientists, past generalizations equate to nothing.

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