Phylum Porifera: Sponges

It's finally time to start diving into individual animal phyla! First up is Porifera. This includes all the sponges. These are funky looking organisms, almost none of which exhibit any kind of symmetry, nor do they possess any tissues or organs. What are they all about? How to they feed? How do they reproduce? Let's learn all about sponges now!
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[@isamyaza]

This came in clutch, I literally have a test on sponges in like 10 minutes Edit: To all yall concerned, I aced it lmao

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[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

"Posted 9 min ago". Best of luck to ya mate!

[@Gfish17]

Marine biology major?

[@thecondescendinggoomba5552]

Just watch spongebob gg ez

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

@@thecondescendinggoomba5552 Well, I know they live in pineapples under the sea.

[@alinashaikh2556]

Can you please make a video of all phylums together and how can we remember them all with their characteristics etc.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Dunno if this fully answers your question but you might find Aron Ra's Phylogeny Explorer project useful.

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[@lauraluna7213]

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[@lucenthunter6374]

This was fun and interesting to watch, thank you Dave!

[@infinitemonkey917]

I'm glad you are going to do Cnidaria. It's one of my favorite phyla, particularly siphonophores like the Portuguese man o' war.

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That's a very exciting series you have initiated! I've always wished for a channel where I can learn taxonomy in animal kingdom! Thank you!

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This video is absolutely amazing and it is totally the kind of educational content that is right up my alley! Please do a whole video on cnidarians next.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

You'll get 7!

[@cyberspacesupersoldier]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains Awesome! Thanks!

[@cyberspacesupersoldier]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains By the way, Kent Hovind is secretly scared of sponges and cnidarians, thinking they're exactly what he sees in SpongeBob, when they're actually way more and he hasn't seen anything yet.

[@imcarlabee]

When we say that some sponges can live 100-1000 years, does that mean that they die of old age? If so, how similar is that ageing process with the ageing that occurs in more complex animals? What does an, "old sponge" look like?

[@daniellewilson8527]

I’m guessing it could eventually develop cancer and die from that, I’m not a sponge scientist, I’m just guessing

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Nice

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Thanks!

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Lovin this series!

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Hell yeah! I like that u r branching out one different topics

[@GreenScrapBot]

Now I'm trying to figure out, how much of Spongebob Squarepants' lore correlates with this.

[@aSinisterKiid]

Excellent presentation ! You explain the complex information so easily that I soak it up like a ..............sponge. heh heh heh

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[@PunmasterSTP]

Oh man I was totally going to use that joke!

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I love u man, legit tried reading this topic, watching ur video just made it so much easier. Thanks a lot 🙏🙏

[@anonymousvatansever6976]

writing a thesis on natural products and wanted to introduce some basic sponge physio, nice video, very useful.

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[@sciencenerd7639]

brings back fond memories from my marine bio class

[@TheQueenofNeckbeards]

this video sponge-pilled me these guys are so cool

[@educhan3909]

Wow this is cool. Are you gonna explain every phylum?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Yeah!

[@TheQueenofNeckbeards]

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This is fantastic keep it up

[@PunmasterSTP]

Porifera? More like "Perfect!" Another truly amazing educational video...

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fascinating stuff!

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[@-JA-]

Thank you.

[@ahmadzia5614]

can you please make a video on linde's method of liquefaction.

[@banderofficial]

I learn stuff each day, like 4:50 literally amazed me, I would have never thought a "Ping-Pong Tree Sponge" that eats crustaceans existed

[@aggudude624]

The algorithm knows me so well

[@greenrhinoguy]

Wow, we just started learning about sponges in life science, just in time!

[@namthomson1124]

Thanks 🙏

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This was some hell of massive info🤯😂

[@StoryTellerOfficially]

Sir please make a video on protozoa.

[@mehjabeenaara9854]

Could you please make a video on classification of porifera upto order level

[@daniellewilson8527]

Wow, sponges are so cool

[@suhana9275]

How porifera remain attached to substratum? I mean does the pinacoderm produce any sticky material?

[@TheManInTheMathProblem]

hell yeah ocean life is cool

[@blagoevski336]

Nice

[@user-ui1cw4ew1t]

Do they live in pineapples? I’ll see myself out

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Please watch my anti-vaxx debunk from last year. Just search "prof dave vaccines".

[@niqabkhan4020]

Prof DEV with due respect please upload chordata classification

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

That will be the last one.

[@bibekpoudel1015]

Pls put other phylum too

[@julietumumarogie8998]

thank god there's no more flat earthers

[@zamHozart3964]

So SpongeBob...was watchin a late nite show of the syconoid😅😅 funny

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[@janiknodbuk4193]

Adding to Prof. Dave's out-of-context quotes: 'Let's talk about sponge reproduction'

[@deltajohansen3901]

homoscleromorphs are super neat!

[@zray2937]

What is the difference between budding and fragmentation?

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Fragmentation occurs when a part of the sponge is cut/broken off by external forces. Budding occurs as a natural process within the sponge's life cycle.

[@DJFracus]

Growing a new part vs breaking off a part that already exists.

[@brieker101]

thanks paul for the vid, lern alot a bout the sponge and her friends. soon we share ideas again.

[@Flirtz420]

💙

[@zEropoint68]

are you ready, kids?

[@johnlouiesarosco22]

Thank you jesus christ

[@michaelcrossley4716]

When are you going to do a video on sponges that are 100% silica? 🤣 One of my favorite dunks of all time.

[@mikkelfraskui]

I fucking love these weird guys. Thanks!

[@galaxymaster673]

ye

[@fernandoportal5422]

I've have always wondered how sponges worked

[@shaarujashanthakumar1041]

I'm watching this from Srilanka.🎉

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If it couldn't the cia wouldn't have used it, 9/11 consperiacies can be debunked that way.

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@@MouldMadeMind the theory is that they used some other explosive to do it

[@MouldMadeMind]

@@parkerlarson6692 i know, but if they had, they would have claimed the terrorist did too.

[@ManahManah77]

Do Patrick next! Oh wait...

[@1.4142]

solenoid

[@obscuregamesshowcase]

MAN. I love these videos, but I have such a personal hatred for sponges.

[@user-xj8wy4uu1q]

Why ?

[@tysonfisher6126]

Fuck yeah Dave

[@Gholefi]

Spunch bobe

[@Mae_Dastardly]

Oh hell nah

[@Valdagast]

But is the flagellum irreducibly complex?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

It is not.

[@infinitemonkey917]

You are in the wrong place if you are seeking creationism.

[@Valdagast]

@@infinitemonkey917 it was a joke

[@infinitemonkey917]

@@Valdagast Ok, well, creationists troll science channels, so maybe make the sarcasm more obvious next time.

[@frankvollmer9559]

Chloroform? You mean bore a form..

[@isaacclarke5334]

Awesome job! But ! Does this proves we came from a rock ? 😂😂😂😂

[@poliwagpi4554]

sponge

[@user-he5tm7pe3y]

W

[@alblacklaw8554]

Anybody else catch the delicious, delicious irony????

[@alblacklaw8554]

Hint- Hammer.

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

You've lost me.

[@alblacklaw8554]

"Dr" Kent Hovind whackes a Spongebob with a hammer when he's fighting with evolution theorists.

[@samuelclemens211]

Return to sponge

[@aliyahjem949]

YOOOOO SPONGEBOB

[@optillian4182]

Okay, but do they live in pineapples?

[@nepali954]

Fihiu nibsabuli😮

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My brain didn't work help that's my report

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Second

[@nadapenny8592]

why am I here I work on industrial machinery

[@GuardianSoulkeeper]

Mate, I'm a truck driver.

[@nadapenny8592]

@@GuardianSoulkeeper At least now we're both qualified to operate sponges.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

Im a janitor lmao

[@Linguae_Music]

probably like 13th or something !!!!!!

[@luftwaffle3766]

*Unless you’re a sponge*

[@crabbyboi9127]

fifth

[@ayera-oy5wo]

:3

[@geneticsmel]

keşke ingilizce bilsem dediğim o video

[@windigo000]

interesting. whoever created these creatures .... we need to have a word like adults. 😁

[@joshchu]

Yes, but do they possess the privilege to think?

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Nope.

[@Mae_Dastardly]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains if only we were all so lucky

[@Moses_VII]

Sponges seem more like colonial organisms than animals. Correct me if I'm wrong; I have no background in biology.

[@jameswest8280]

You forgot to mention Sponge Bob.

[@ikramullah433]

Who is watching in 2023 like me😂

[@sugarfrosted2005]

2024 and I've been watching them as they come out. Just decided to rewatch 😊

[@ikramullah433]

@@sugarfrosted2005 oh🙆

[@reece9906]

First

[@ZezimaTruth]

No "SpongeBob" body type ?