Animal life in the sea and on the land . y taking cuttings from full-grown ones and fasteningthem upon stones on the bottom of the ocean until theyattach themselves. These experiments have been success-ful, but the operation is a delicate one, requiring greatcare not to bruise the soft flesh. It is necessary to keep the sponge under sea-waterduring the process. 15. Glass Sponges.—Some ofthe glass sponges are exceedingly beautiful. One of these,the delicate Venuss flower-bas-ket, grows in the deep seanear the Philippine Islands. Itlooks like spun-glass woven intoa beautiful pattern, and is so e
Animal life in the sea and on the land . y taking cuttings from full-grown ones and fasteningthem upon stones on the bottom of the ocean until theyattach themselves. These experiments have been success-ful, but the operation is a delicate one, requiring greatcare not to bruise the soft flesh. It is necessary to keep the sponge under sea-waterduring the process. 15. Glass Sponges.—Some ofthe glass sponges are exceedingly beautiful. One of these,the delicate Venuss flower-bas-ket, grows in the deep seanear the Philippine Islands. Itlooks like spun-glass woven intoa beautiful pattern, and is so ex-quisite we can scarcely believethat it is the skeleton of asponge. Fig. 9 shows anothervariety of glass sponge foundbetween Gibraltar and the islandof Madeira by the scientific par-ty on board the famous Chal-lenger, which ship was sent outby the British Government toexplore the animal and vege-table wonders of the great deep. 16. Boring Sponges.—The boring sponge spreads it-self over the shells of oysters and mussels, boring them. WmtA
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