{"id":166925,"date":"2023-07-05T21:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T02:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/can-sponges-think-using-light"},"modified":"2023-07-10T09:01:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T14:01:04","slug":"can-sponges-think-using-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/can-sponges-think-using-light","title":{"rendered":"Can Sponges \u201cThink\u201d Using Light?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rp7jhS1Grc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sponges might not look like particularly complex animals, but they\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Rose Bear Don\u2019t Walk (She\/Her)<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/scishow<\/a>.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> 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, Tom\u00e1s Lagos Gonz\u00e1lez, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?<br \/> SciShow Tangents Podcast: <a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0956566305001296\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0956566305001296<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1369\/0022155413502652\">https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1369\/0022155413502652<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/icb\/article\/53\/1\/103\/627237\">https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/icb\/article\/53\/1\/103\/627237<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11434-012-5241-9\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s11434-012-5241-9<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1742-4658.2009.07552.x\">https:\/\/febs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1742\u202609.07552.x<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10966452\/\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/10966452\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a 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href=\"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\/huge-diversity-of-w\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/video\/indopacific-bottlenose-dolphins-swmming-together-stock-footage\/1390493277?adppopup=true\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/video\/indopacific-bottlen\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"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\/video\/seascape-of-coral-r\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"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\/seascape-with-stove\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/orange-rubber-sponge-royalty-free-image\/1266579058?phrase=sponge+ocean&adppopup=true\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/orange-rubber-spong\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/yellow-sea-sponge-royalty-free-image\/1340834591?phrase=sponge+animal&adppopup=true\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/yellow-sea-sponge-r\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"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\/glass-sponge-sea-li\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/elephant-ear-sponge-royalty-free-image\/805311366?phrase=sponge+ocean&adppopup=true\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/elephant-ear-sponge\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus%27_flower_basket#\/media\/File:\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus%27_flower_basket#\/media\/File:<\/a> Sponge_Spicules_of_Euplectella.jpg.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:<\/a> Euplectella_aspergillum_Okeanos.jpg.<br \/>\n<a href=\"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.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/link.springer.com\/conte\u2026-u6FwMWtOB<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/fiber-optic-purple-light-source-abstract-background-royalty-free-image\/1401167123?phrase=optical+fiber&adppopup=true\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/fiber-optic-purple-\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"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.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/7310\/9734259801_b60ab665e8_z.jpg\" alt=\"expl6197\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s11434-012-5241-9.pdf\">https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s11434-012-5241-9.pdf<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/video\/warty-comb-jellyfish-stock-footage\/1321768563?adppopup=true\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/video\/warty-comb-jellyfis\u2026popup=true<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/fiber-optical-cables-royalty-free-image\/1340062687?phrase=light%2Bfiber\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/fiber-optical-cable\u2026ht%2Bfiber<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/video\/close-up-of-the-red-toxic-finger-sponge-underwater-stock-footage\/1357506328?adppopup=true\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/video\/close-up-of-the-red\u2026popup=true<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponges might not look like particularly complex animals, but they\u2019ve 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. 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