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How do a sponge eat?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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Half of the sea sponges in the world eat bacteria by sucking it in through a hole in an appendage, but the other half uses photosythesizes a microorganisms known as endosymbionts, this alliance often produce more food and oxygen than they consume.

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It is a filter feeder, so it draws in water, collects the food particles from it, then expels the water.

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through its pores and holes

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