“Children are sponges, soaking up every verbal and nonverbal interaction.” ~ Dr. Asa Don Brown

#verbal #nonverbal #communication #children #sponges

Our Brazilian SponBIODIV partner includes the world leading experts on #calcareous #sponges! These sponges are particularly challenging to find and identify. Here's a recent paper on the species found in Eastern Brazil. 🤩 1/6
@biodiversa.eu

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Ocello Sponges Ad
Recorded March 20, 1997 on ABC/WEWS 5 in Cleveland, OH
#commercial #advertisement #Ocello #sponges #scrubsponges #ABC #WEWS5 #hygienicproducts

Sometimes you find an interesting #Stone and sometimes you find something interesting on the stone.

Some photographs from past #ShoreWalk

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#Photography #虫 #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin #SciArt #BlueSkyArtShow #Macro #Intertidal #Snails #Corals #Sponges #Oysters

Meanwhile, on Earth:
Freshwater sponges in the river start to grow from tiny buds called gemmules that survived the winter.

#sponges #river #biology

Fresh from the Press! 🚨🤖

Kitchen #sponges release #microplastics during everyday dishwashing.

In our OA paper we quantify this using #CitizenScience + lab experiments.
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

I built the #robotic test stand to simulate sponge abrasion: meet #SpongeBot!

The Evolutionary Mystery of Early Animals Without Skeletons New research from the University of Bristol has redefined our understanding of the first animals on Earth. Sponges, considered among the oldest known animals, are now believed to have existed without skeletons for much of their early history. Previous studies had placed the appearance of sponges around 650 million years ago, but fossil evidence of their skeletons appeared only about 100 million years later. By analyzing genetic data and fossil records, the researchers concluded that the first sponges were soft-bodied without mineralized spicules, the microscopic skeletal structures found in modern sponges. These spicules are often preserved in fossils, but the lack of them in older rocks led to questions about the early origins of sponges. The study also found that spicules evolved independently in different sponge lineages, revealing a complex evolutionary history. This discovery raises new questions about the factors that influenced early sponge evolution, as their mineralized skeletons were not likely responsible for their early success. The findings offer valuable insights into the origins of reef-building animals and the co-evolution of life on Earth.

The Evolutionary Mystery of Early Animals Without Skeletons

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#sponges #evolution #biology

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Evolution of monoamine reception and its role in cellular contractility.

How do #sponges coordinate their bodies despite lacking neurons and true muscles?

We show that sponges use monoamines to control water flow in their canals — reminiscent of how adrenaline regulates blood vessels.

My PhD story, now on BioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#Evolution

Self care is really important while traveling, so here are my self care recs - benable.com/kate_1910/pe... #selfcare #shampoo #conditioner #hair #hairties #makeup #sponge #sponges #makeupsponge #makeupsponges #travel #traveling #trip #trips #deodorant #shower #showergel #soap #nails #nailpolish

#Goo:
#Experiments show some #sponges can #survive 100 times the #lethal #radiation #dose for #humans without #developing #cancer. They #achieve this by #overexpressing #genes for #DNA #repair & #signaling: rather than use an #immune #system to #kill #mutant #cells, they #yield #metabolites.
#vss365

A new Cambrian soft-bodied biota after the first Phanerozoic mass extinction: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many non-bilaterian animals including beautiful sponge (panel b, c) and ctenophore (panel d) fossils🤩 🧽🪼.

#sponges #ctenophores #Cambrian

Welcome to our new bachelor student Agnes! who will barcode deep-sea #sponges from the Denmark Strait (between Greenland and Iceland) collected by @mfri.bsky.social.
@sponbiodiv.bsky.social
@biodiversa.eu

bondageshop.com.au

#medical

#Condoms #Sponges #Pinwheels #Gloves #Sounds #SiliconeSounds #StainlessSteelSounds #Douche #Gloves #PenisPlugs

Does an arctic circumpolar distribution exist for deep-sea #sponges? Unravelling the systematics of the lollipop sponge 🍭, led by our collaborators @ciimar.bsky.social @geomarkiel.bsky.social @biodiversa.eu

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(photo: MAREANO / Havforskningsinstituttet)