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[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I hope spongebob never read this

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

Why? It might be kind of reassuring. Nasty car crash? Pull yourself back together.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

spongekyle I will END YOU if you tell Dr Robert Khakis.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

not all of them.

Only the tasty ones

How you think we know which ones are tasty?

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

the only one? what about slime molds?

[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] wischi@programming.dev 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Honest question. How is that sponge an animal and how is "animal" defined? If we grind something through a sieve and it reassembles surely the lifeform can't be too complicated.

[–] RedAggroBest@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Animals are members of kingdom Animalia. One of the unify features of this kingdom is multicellularity. Slime molds are members of the mostly-single-celled protists and they themselves are some of the most complex single celled organisms. Sponges, being very basal animals, are one of the phyla that retains a high degree of regenerative ability that simplicity facilitates while being very much a multicellular organism with all the organization that comes with.

[–] wischi@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago
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