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Sponges are some of the earliest forms of animals. It lacks a gut (digestive cavity/system found in the majority of animals), a nervous system, and a circulatory system. Moreover, its structure, with a jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched by two thin walls of flattened cells, is unique. But what sets it apart from almost all other animals is the ability of some of its specialized cells to transform into other specialized cells (most other animals, like humans, only have unspecialized cells that differentiate into specialized cells which don't change functions).

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Spongest have the most complex body systems and they are very flowwy

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Sponges are different from other animals because sponges look like little plants under water and they shoot bubbles out of their hole.

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Sponges are different because their bodies are not like other types of animals. They do not move to get food, and they have no cell tissue.

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Invertebrates are animals without backbones that still manage to move around. Sponges don't move around, they stay in one place. Because of this, people used to think they were plants.

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  1. They don't really move around
  2. They have no major organs (much like jellyfish)
  3. They make good art supplies when they die.
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the cells that make up their bodies can live as single cells

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What animal looks more like a plant than a animal?

they are sponges


What kind of protection do sponges have?

Other than its skin, nothing.


Is a sponge an arthopod?

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What organelles do plant cells have animal do not?

Lysosome ,Centriole, and VesicleActually, animal cells do not have any different organelles than plant cells, other than plant cells having a membrane. animal cells do not have a membrane, they have a cell wall.


What is the scientific name for a sea sponge?

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Do all animals other than man have self consciousness?

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What is the different between a animal cell and human?

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Why are coelenterates more advanced than sponges?

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