Iron County Record | 1939-04-27 | Page 6 | Sponges like other Animals

Sponges Like Other Animals Stran Strange e though it sounds sponges live and grow and die just like any other animals And because they're water salt animals the fresh water eater was their finish observes the Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Post lost Actually sponges as we know them arent aren't sponges but the skeletons of sponges The sponge is la a collection of tiny one one- cell celled d creatures who get together and build the skeleton These curious cu eta- Pious rious animals first attracted the Attention attention at At- of th the Greeks many years yean ago Grecian soldiers wore metal helmets and shin guards and cursed at the blisters bUsters they raised Then someone dove into the can ean ean came up with a sponge and discovered it would make a good I pad f