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Typically, sponges feed on bacteria which they filter out of the water. They have special cells with whip-like flagella. The beating of the flagella creates a current of water into the sponge, carrying bacteria, which they filter out.
A sponge can pass up to 20 000 times its own volume in water through its body in 24 hours.
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How does cilia help the sponge larvae?
Cilia on sponge larvae help with swimming and feeding. The beating motion of the cilia propels the larvae through the water and helps them capture food particles to eat.
How does the orange puffball sponge eat?
The surface of the orange puffball sponge is covered with small pores that filter small particles of food from the water that passes through them. Each sponge has flagella that help move the water through the sponge.
What takes in particles?
A sponge takes in particles of water. A clam takes in particles of food.
What does a sponge have instead of a mouth?
osculum and ostia are the holes in the sponge that can be used as mouths
Is your tongue a sponge?
No, the tongue is not a sponge. The tongue is a muscle covered in papillae, taste buds, and sensory receptors that help in detecting taste, temperature, and texture of food.
What type of food does the redbeard sponge eat?
bithces
What does a pore do in a sponge?
The pores in a sponge are used to filter the water, and while doing that they collect food to eat
Why do flies eat soup?
Flies cannot chew. They have to suck up their food. Flies have mouth parts that absorb food like a sponge. Their food has to be in a liquid form in order for them to eat it. it's easier to eat
How much food can a sea sponge eat daily?
5000 pounds daily
What kind of food do they eat in japan at Christmas?
They eat Christmas cake which is basically sponge cake with icing and fruit, and fried chicken.
Do flies eat baby flies?
A fly has a sponge for a mouth. Not a very effective predator. With this sponge, they suck up nutrients from food and other sources.
How does a sponge gathers its food?
The sponge gathered food by filting the food.
What are the feeding of grey finger sponge?
a gray finger sponge cant move or catch there own food so they suck in water and get tiny food particials out of the water so gray finger sponges eat tiny food partials hope that helped.
What has no mouth but can eat?
a sponge!
What does sea sponges eat mostly?
Sponges absorb their food by their little holes in the sponge. Because most adult sponges can't travel in search of food they get their food by a process called filter feeding. Filter feeding is a method in which an organism feeds by filtering small particles of food from water that passes by or through some part of the organism.
How does cilia help the sponge larvae?
Cilia on sponge larvae help with swimming and feeding. The beating motion of the cilia propels the larvae through the water and helps them capture food particles to eat.
How do you find the volume of the sponge?
eat it
