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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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    If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
  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.