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Sneeze by Sneeze, Sponges Fill the Seas With Their Mucus
You might be tempted to say “gesundheit,” but the sea creature’s snot helps feed other marine organisms.
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Sponges sneeze mucus to shed particulate waste from their seawater inlet pores
Sponges, among the oldest extant multicellular organisms on Earth,1 play a key role in the cycling of nutrients in many aquatic ecosystems.2-5 They …
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