Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoCarnivorous ‘death ball’ sponge among new species found in depths of Southern Oceanwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1230
arrow-up1230external-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 month agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-21 month agoArticle does not tell you what a death ball does
minus-squareplantfanatic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·1 month 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-up22·1 month agoI don’t know how I missed that
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 month agoThe hooks are pretty tiny, easy to miss.
minus-squareRobaque@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoIt sponges around eating meat n stuff
minus-squareLady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month 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.