What do they do to sea sponges before they sell them in stores as sponges to bathe with? What makes them softer and gets rid of the hard brittle feel?
2006-12-11 10:25:50 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Animal sea sponges are always hard and brittle. The soft ones synthetic.
2006-12-11 12:59:37 · answer #1 · answered by Beef 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To clean the sponges, they are removed from the water to allow the living tissue to die. Sponges are then kept under wet burlap or returned to the water to allow a rotting process to continue for several days. This helps in the removal of the outer "skin" and other non-skeletal tissue. The final step is to squeeze, or paddle, the sponges so the remaining skin and tissue is eliminated and only the sponge skeleton remains.
2006-12-13 13:55:11 · answer #2 · answered by john h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sponges come out of the ocean with an almost ly feel. The softening process begins right on the boat. The Greek sponge divers blow in the sponges ears and stroke their . (Those Greeks are a real hoot!) One of them even tried to marry a sponge in 1989, but her father put his foot (?) down.
2006-12-11 10:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by JIMBO 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋