Show Sponges Like Other Animals Str Strange though it sounds sponges live and grow and die just like any other animals And because they're water salt-water animals the fresh water was their finish observes the Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington Post Actually sponges as we know them arent aren't sponges but the skeletons of sponges The sponge is a collection of tiny one- one celled d creatures who get together and build the skeleton These curious curious curious cu cu- cu- cu rious animals first attracted the attention attention attention at at- of the Greeks many years ago Grecian soldiers wore metal helmets and shin guards and cursed at the blisters they raised Then someone dove into the Mediterranean ean ean- came up with a sponge and discovered it would make a good pad Sponges were used for bathing bathing bath bath- ing then too and also as floor mops and brushes |