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New Zealands's Mysterious Sponge-like Creature

Posted by timothy on from the feral-sponge dept.

Kryptonomic writes: "New Zealand's marine experts are puzzled by the parasitic sponge-like animal that could threaten NZ's aquaculture industry. Apparently the animal, which so far has not been identified, kills all other sealife by embedding itself on the victim and slowly feeding on it. The parasite also reproduces asexually and could end up dominating the ecological niche it occupies."

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  1. Feral sponge??? by PD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that some kind of sponge that escaped from a kitchen sink somewhere and reverted to a life in the wild? The mind boggles...

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  2. Well, you learn something every day. by Darwin_Frog · · Score: 5, Funny
    Embeds itself on the victim and then slowly feeds on it?

    I didn't know sponges even went to law school.

  3. Public reactions: by tunah · · Score: 3, Funny
    Microsoft's Steve Ballmer has announced that these sponges have taken hold due NZ being filled with "GPL apologists and anti-IP maniacs".

    RMS has announced on the gnu.org site that the evils of software patents and proprietary software has kept us too busy reinventing the wheel to destroy evil sponges.

    Linus Torvalds posted on comp.os.linux.sponges:
    I couldn't care less what this evil sponge is doing. I'm just working to make my sponge the evillest it can be.

    George Bush has announced the US would be 'declaring war' on sponges. This follows similar moves on drugs, civil liberties and reckless use of frisbees.

    The unidentified evil sponge was not available for comment.

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  4. Re:New Zealand by RedWizzard · · Score: 3, Funny
    Its The North Island and The South Island

    You forgot The West Island, aka Australia.