Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoCarnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Oceanwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1225arrow-down13
arrow-up1222arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down4·edit-24 days agoArticle does not tell you what a death ball does
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·4 days 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-down1·4 days agoI don’t know how I missed that
minus-squaresnooggums@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·4 days agoThe hooks are pretty tiny, easy to miss.
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoIt sponges around eating meat n stuff
minus-squareLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days 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
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Death. It does death.