Tag: # Jacques Cousteau

Here I present:《BARREL SPONGE》, Jacques Cousteau, The Silent World’, 1953. CONTINUED. INTRODUCTION. Jacques Cousteau was an undersea diver, and The Silent World’, 1953 was the book that made him famous. A diver in the image ABOVE is with a giant barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta), in demonstration of sponge filter-feeding process in a marine environment. Sponges are animals, not … Continue reading 《BARREL SPONGE》, Jacques Cousteau, “The Silent World”, 1953.  CONTINUED.

  Here I present:《BARREL SPONGE》, Jacques Cousteau, “The Silent World”, 1953.  INTRODUCTION. Jacques Cousteau was among the first to show undersea camera images of sponges. “Barrel sponges” of the Carribbean Sea have lifespans of 200 to 1,300 years. “Barrel sponges” of the Pacific Ocean have growth rates of 1cm/year. To see Jacques Cousteau and others … Continue reading 《BARREL SPONGE》, Jacques Cousteau, “The Silent World”, 1953.

Jacques Cousteau, “The Silent World”, 1953 was the topic of an earlier blog post. Tracy L. Lewis, “Cell Biology of Sponges”, 2011 also was the topic of an earlier blog post. “Kitchen Sponge (poriferan) cell types” likewise was the topic of an earlier blog post. Here I present:   Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997), “The Silent World: … Continue reading Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997), “The Silent World”, 1953, Part Two (2).