Long thought to be immobile, some sea sponges can actually move but at a grisly price Salon 4/29/2021 Demosponges in a coral reef in the Caribbean Sea Getty Images
Viewers of SpongeBob Squarepants have been woefully misinformed about the reality of being a sponges. Far from being yellow, rectangular and hyperactive, sponges come in all shapes, sizes and colors; they are believed to lack even SpongeBob s child-like intelligence; and, far from being hyperactive, most of them are not known to move at all.
At least, they
weren t known to move at all. New research may change what we know about them.