Meat-Eating Sponge Found Off California Coast
By: Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Date: 19 November 2012 Time: 11:37 AM ET
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This new type of harp sponge, Chondrocladia lyra, was found off the coast of California. The creature captures tiny crustaceans with barbed hooks on its branching limbs. After catching a tiny crustacean, the harp sponge envelops it in a thin membrane and then slowly digests it.
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