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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 24 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

More on balls:
wiki/Chondrocladia

... this pic is from 2002:

2006:

Random yt about ping-pong trees:
youtube.com/racXyXF71C4

[–] Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 months ago

Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion has an NPC that looks like these little guys in the Deepsea Metro!

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

Fucking life, man

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Article does not tell you what a death ball does

[–] plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works 57 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The spherical sponge, Chondrocladia sp nov, is covered in tiny hooks that trap prey, which is different to how sponges usually feed. Generally, sea sponges are passive filter feeders.

It does though.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how I missed that

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 26 points 3 months ago

The hooks are pretty tiny, easy to miss.

[–] Robaque@feddit.it 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It sponges around eating meat n stuff

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago
[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 8 points 3 months ago

Death. It does death.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 months ago

Spongebob Roundpants is gonna fuck you up!

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 months ago

I read "Coronavirus 'death ball' ..."

[–] sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 6 points 3 months ago

Happy Halloween!

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 4 points 3 months ago

* Interested Darth Vader noises*

Or is it a scuba diver? Hard to tell.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

First there is the rise of fascists and dictators and we're on the brink of world war 3 and now there's a carnivorous death ball sponge?

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Death ball sound like a shitty 90s toy

[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 1 points 3 months ago

Forbidden Fushigi

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Deep sea deathticle

[–] bcgm3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Fuck it, I'm ready, bring on the Death Balls