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    Sponges are simple aquatic animals that have inhabited oceans for over 650 million years. They filter water through pores to collect food and oxygen, and have a unique body structure with water channels. Sponges play an important role in ecosystems by maintaining water quality, providing habitat, and sequestering carbon. They also have various uses for humans such as hygiene, beauty, and biomedical applications. Due to their diversity and long relationship with humans, sponges continue to fascinate scientists and the public.

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    Sponges are simple aquatic animals that have inhabited oceans for over 650 million years. They filter water through pores to collect food and oxygen, and have a unique body structure with water channels. Sponges play an important role in ecosystems by maintaining water quality, providing habitat, and sequestering carbon. They also have various uses for humans such as hygiene, beauty, and biomedical applications. Due to their diversity and long relationship with humans, sponges continue to fascinate scientists and the public.

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    Sponges are simple aquatic animals that have inhabited oceans for over 650 million years. They filter water through pores to collect food and oxygen, and have a unique body structure with water channels. Sponges play an important role in ecosystems by maintaining water quality, providing habitat, and sequestering carbon. They also have various uses for humans such as hygiene, beauty, and biomedical applications. Due to their diversity and long relationship with humans, sponges continue to fascinate scientists and the public.

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    Sponge: by Emo Omaer

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    Sponges are simple aquatic animals that have inhabited oceans for over 650 million years. They filter water through pores to collect food and oxygen, and have a unique body structure with water channels. Sponges play an important role in ecosystems by maintaining water quality, providing habitat, and sequestering carbon. They also have various uses for humans such as hygiene, beauty, and biomedical applications. Due to their diversity and long relationship with humans, sponges continue to fascinate scientists and the public.

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    Sponge

    Discover the wonders of sponges - fascinating creatures with many uses and an
    important role in our ecosystem.

    EO by Emo Omaer
    What is a Sponge?
    Definition Types Evolution

    Sponges are simple aquatic animals that There are over 5,000 species of sponges Sponges are some of the oldest known
    filter water through pores in their bodies, around the world, with varying shapes, animals, with fossil records dating back
    collecting food particles and oxygen as sizes, and colors. to over 650 million years ago.
    they go.
    Sponge Anatomy

    Internal Structure Pore Functionality Skeleton System

    Sponges have a unique body structure with a The pores in the sponge's body allow water to Sponges have a skeleton system made of tiny
    central cavity called the spongocoel, and many flow through and collect nutrients, while also needles, called spicules, that provide structure
    channels and chambers for water flow. providing oxygen for respiration. and protection.
    Sponge Roles in Ecosystems
    1 Water Quality 2 Biodiversity 3 Carbon Sequestration

    Sponges help maintain water quality Sponges provide a habitat for many The skeletal structures of sponges can
    by filtering out particles and chemical microorganisms, fish, and help sequester carbon from the
    contaminants from the water column. invertebrates, making them an environment, playing a role in
    important part of marine biodiversity. mitigating climate change.
    Sponge Uses in Society
    1 2 3

    Hygiene Beauty Biomedical Applications

    Sponges have been used for centuries to Sponges are often used as a natural, eco- Sponges contain many bioactive
    clean and scrub surfaces, and are still friendly alternative to synthetic makeup compounds that have potential
    used today in household cleaning sponges and are even harvested applications in medicine, including anti-
    products. commercially for this purpose. cancer and anti-inflammatory properties.
    The Future of Sponges
    Conservation Sustainable Harvesting Research

    The wide range of threats facing coral Commercial harvesting of sponges must The unique properties and functions of
    reefs, where many sponges live, be done sustainably to avoid over- sponges continue to be an active field of
    highlights the need for conservation exploitation and damage to sponge research, with new discoveries and
    measures to protect these important populations and their ecosystems. potential applications emerging all the
    organisms. time.
    Conclusion

    Diversity Human Connection Fascination

    The diversity of sponges is truly amazing - For centuries, sponges have been a part of Even today, sponges continue to fascinate and
    from the tiniest encrusting species to the human culture, used for everything from inspire with their unique biology and
    largest barrel sponges that can grow up to 2 cleaning to traditional medicine. fascinating ecological roles.
    meters tall.

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