{"id":29927,"date":"2022-01-23T10:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-23T18:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/?p=29927"},"modified":"2022-01-27T08:52:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:52:27","slug":"chondrocladia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/23\/chondrocladia\/","title":{"rendered":"Chondrocladia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting video from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCDSzwZqgtJEnUzacq3ddoOQ\">Ben W. Thomas<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chondrocladia\">chondrocladia<\/a>, and the ping pong sponge.  It&#8217;s a trippy little creature we share the planet with. It&#8217;s a sponge, that&#8217;s a carnivorous animal, that self reproduces, and eats without a mouth.  It also has a cute little arsenal of hunting tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\" data-card-controls=\"1\" data-card-align=\"center\" data-card-theme=\"light\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qmckZGtSr2g\">Ping Pong Tree Sponge &#8211; Animal of the Week<\/a><\/h4><p>This week we are looking at the Ping Pong Tree Sponge and the wider genus Chondrocladia. These sponges are notable for their strange ping pong shaped appendages and carnivorous appetites. Subscribe to One World: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCsU1nitlHAQeHOeiJMerrIQ Join our Discord server: https:\/\/discord.gg\/3KgpG8J Support us on Patreon: https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bengthomas Follow us on Instagram: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1PIEagv Music by Matt D Holloway: https:\/\/goo.gl\/9wX4ht Subscribe to explore the wonderful life around you!<\/p><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1024x36.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1024x36.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-768x27.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have to ask again, who dared to attack the Gate?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"36\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1024x36.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-1024x36.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-300x11.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2-768x27.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/banner2.jpg 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div><p align=center><font color=\"#FF0000\">Thank you <font color=\"#FF6347\">for reading <font color=\"#FFA500\">today's post. \r\n<font color=\"#FFD700\">Have <font color=\"00FF00\">an <font color=\"40E0D0\">InterStellar <font color=\"800080\">Day! <font color=\"FE09FF\"> ~PrP   <\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting video from Ben W. Thomas on chondrocladia, and the ping pong sponge. It&#8217;s a trippy little creature we share the planet with. It&#8217;s a sponge, that&#8217;s a carnivorous animal, that self reproduces, and eats without a mouth. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/23\/chondrocladia\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[431,74,285,1721,1742,98],"tags":[1777,1776,1778,631],"class_list":["post-29927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aliens","category-animals","category-films","category-nature","category-planets","category-science","tag-ben-w-thomas","tag-chondrocladia","tag-ping-pong-sponge","tag-the-gate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orderlyrandomness.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}