- Dolphins have been known to use them in order to hunt for fish that hide in the floor of the sea and in order to protect their noses whilst doing so.
- There are over 5,000 species of sponges identified by scientists worldwide, less than 12 of which are actually harvested for commercial use.
- People have always debated with sponges are plant, animal or something in between. Since 1765 they have been classified as an animal. Unlike most other animals, they have no detectable sense organs neither do they have a nervous system.
- Sea sponges allow huge quantities of water to pass through them, an estimated 20,000 times greater than their own volume.
- The natural sea sponge is a renewable resource that is harvested from the sea. Scientific studies have consistently confirmed that the regular harvest of natural sea sponges enhances the health and population of the natural sea sponges. Our divers do not destroy the roots of the sponges, but they actually cut the sponge in such a way, that the liquids that are released in the sea, along with the current of the water, help the sponge to re-grow.
- Sponges can grow in sizes between few inches to 10 feet wide.
- Some deep sea sponges can live up to the age of 200 years.
- Natural Sea Sponges possess remarkable powers of regeneration, or the ability to re-grow lost parts. Commercial sponge growers take advantage of this phenomenon by planting pieces of cut up sponge much as gardeners plant potato slices to produce many potato plants.
