Jack Sponge

-| Property | Details |+| Feature | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Attitude** | Passive | | **Type** | Anchored | | **Category** | Sponges | | **Biome** | Coral Gardens |   ![Jack Sponge](Jack Sponge.png)  -The **Jack Sponge** is an anchored Lifeform found in Subnautica 2.+The **Jack Sponge** is an anchored Lifeform.   ## Appearance The Jack Sponge has a simple body consisting of a group of yellow, tubular structures with a rugose surface texture.   ## Databank Entry-> **Source:** Scan a Jack Sponge+*Source: Scan a Jack Sponge*  -Databank autogeneration interrupted. Script hook found in allocated memory. Executing+> Databank autogeneration interrupted. Script hook found in allocated memory. Executing+>+> Unpacking archived data.+>+> "Nahema, voice log. go. Earth's last great man joked that the Creator must love stars and beetles, because it made so many of them. Two hundred years later we've found a lot of alien life. And guess what? Not many beetles. Sorry, Jack, But look—your Creator's still playing favorites. Wherever it works, it seems to get started with a sponge."+>+> Databank generation interrupted. Outputting last good draft (terse):+>+> Sponge. Simplest animal. Amoebic cells work together to pump water—in through pores, out through hole (osculum) at top. Feeds on suspended nutrients. Reproduces sexually or by asexual fragmentation.+>+> Presence of spongelike life: ambiguous survival sign/ Suggests loosely Earthlike biosphere (not radically hostile). However, large size suggests many available nutrients—either due to a productive ecosystem or a mass dieoff.+>+> Most religious and ethical systems permit harm to sponges.  -Unpacking archived data.- -"Nahema, voice log. go. Earth's last great man joked that the Creator must love stars and beetles, because it made so many of them. Two hundred years later we've found a lot of alien life. And guess what? Not many beetles. Sorry, Jack, But look—your Creator's still playing favorites. Wherever it works, it seems to get started with a sponge."- -Databank generation interrupted. Outputting last good draft (terse):- -Sponge. Simplest animal. Amoebic cells work together to pump water—in through pores, out through hole (osculum) at top. Feeds on suspended nutrients. Reproduces sexually or by asexual fragmentation.- -Presence of spongelike life: ambiguous survival sign/ Suggests loosely Earthlike biosphere (not radically hostile). However, large size suggests many available nutrients—either due to a productive ecosystem or a mass dieoff.- -Most religious and ethical systems permit harm to sponges.-  ## Trivia * The name of the Jack Sponge is in reference to the scientist [John Burdon Sanderson "Jack" Haldane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._S._Haldane), who was once quoted as saying "If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation, it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles". This quote is directly referenced by the Pioneer Nahema Nakota in the databank entry of the Jack Sponge.