SciShow: Can Sponges Think Using Light?

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Content of the Lesson: Head to https://linode.com/scishow to get a $100 60-day credit on a new Linode account. Linode offers simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. Sponges might not look like particularly complex animals, but they've had billions of years to evolve their own special systems. And one of those systems might involve sending messages through their body in the form of light. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don't Walk (She/Her) ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.0307843101 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098108004085 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0956566305001296 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1369/0022155413502652 https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/53/1/103/627237 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11434-012-5241-9 https://febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07552.x https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10966452/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/a-blog-around-the-clock/do-sponges-have-circadian-clocks/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00327/full https://www.cell.com/iscience/pdf/S2589-0042(22)00707-6.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3309880/ https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/porifera/pororg.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12931176/ Image Sources: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/huge-diversity-of-wildlife-gather-around-a-waterhole-in-stock-footage/1388679376?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/indopacific-bottlenose-dolphins-swmming-together-stock-footage/1390493277?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/seascape-of-coral-reef-in-the-caribbean-sea-around-stock-footage/1040926258?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/seascape-with-stove-pipe-sponge-various-fish-and-royalty-free-image/1408010720?phrase=sponge+ocean&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/orange-rubber-sponge-royalty-free-image/1266579058?phrase=sponge+ocean&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/yellow-sea-sponge-royalty-free-image/1340834591?phrase=sponge+animal&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/glass-sponge-sea-life-salp-and-orange-sea-sponge-royalty-free-image/1418967418?phrase=sponge+ocean&adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/elephant-ear-sponge-royalty-free-image/805311366?phrase=sponge+ocean&adppopup=true https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus%27_flower_basket#/media/File:Sponge_Spicules_of_Euplectella.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Euplectella_aspergillum_Okeanos.jpg https://www.google.com/url?q=https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11434-012-5241-9.pdf&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1688598373094087&usg=AOvVaw2m5vKt3QrOqG-u6FwMWtOB https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/fiber-optic-purple-light-source-abstract-background-royalty-free-image/1401167123?phrase=optical+fiber&adppopup=true https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/9734259801/in/photolist-A4tTuW-zLCzKq-zPaxxq-zMMxqw-fQbBYR-A7XFzK-zPay83-A3TxX2-z89nGZ-z9TNiv-zPdwTU-zP4NaG-z9AxPq-fQtcPJ-A52Vts-z556Na-A5pfB8-fQtbwm-z9WtDv-z9MWcE-z9N8V9-A5G73h-z65woM-A7CoYr-zJnrMd-fQbCix-A4tDVR-A3WkcG-fQbAXK-zPddoC-vbPcwL-A3LZVn-z8N4Pj-zVn9KJ-z83W32-zZDksJ-A5BQou-zNDyAA-zWJgSK-zZcbDP-z2eKqW-A7FHWR-z2QJeg-zYFW3B-zL4FNG-zWArww-A4ciDg-zPgMk3-zGaKRz-zPadqh https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11434-012-5241-9.pdf https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/warty-comb-jellyfish-stock-footage/1321768563?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/fiber-optical-cables-royalty-free-image/1340062687?phrase=light%2Bfiber https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-the-red-toxic-finger-sponge-underwater-stock-footage/1357506328?adppopup=true


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