The skeleton of a simple sea creature, a sponge called Venus’s Flower Basket, is home to two small shrimp, a male and a female. The sponge traps the shrimp in this silica cage, and the three live symbiotically, the shrimp helping the sponge eat and the sponge sheltering its small boarders. The miniscule structure of the cage is incredibly detailed, and its struts not only provide mechanical strength but also transmit light generated by phosphorescent, cohabitating bacteria along the length of the sponge. Via.

The skeleton of a simple sea creature, a sponge called Venus’s Flower Basket, is home to two small shrimp, a male and a female. The sponge traps the shrimp in this silica cage, and the three live symbiotically, the shrimp helping the sponge eat and the sponge sheltering its small boarders. The miniscule structure of the cage is incredibly detailed, and its struts not only provide mechanical strength but also transmit light generated by phosphorescent, cohabitating bacteria along the length of the sponge. Via.

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    fucking amazing.
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    Science, Environment, Theology, Humor Now who would have thought a sponge to be so accommodating… and who was the...
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    my animal diversity lab with...still inside. They’re
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    in our school museum. It’s pretty fragile. :D
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