Apocalypse Sponge
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- Symphon apokalupsis. An unassuming button-shaped sponge that may be an omen of mass extinction.
- 1. Simplicity
- Among the earliest animal forms on Earth, sponges are a group of cells that live between two membranes and work together to pump water. Sponges on this world are similarly elegant.
- 2. Tolerance
- Due to this simplicity, sponges tolerate low oxygen and high temperatures better than many other organisms. They also benefit from elevated death rates, which floods the water with decaying matter.
- 3. Role in mass extinction
- Biospheres dominated by sponges may be an indicator of a recent or ongoing mass extinction. After Earth's first major die-off during the Ordovician period, some 85% of species went extinct, leaving a world ruled by sponges. The popular existential terror franchise "Life Is Only Pulse" is set in a fictionalized version of this time period.
- Assessment: possibly a warning sign of planetwide ecological collapse. Possibly not.
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