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Women have traditionally formed the majority of the congregation, praying for the protection of their fathers, husbands, and sons while they were away at sea in merchant fleets, diving for sponges, or working in lands far away.
A hurricane in 1839 drowned some 300 sponge fishermen in the ‘mud’ off Andros, and a devastating fungus some 40 years later killed almost all the sponges.
This sponges up minerals in your saliva that would otherwise collect on your teeth and form tartar (hardened plaque).
The integrin family comprises 20 or more members that are found in many animal species, ranging from sponges to mammals (Hynes 2002).
There are so many tropical fish (angel fish, grouper, parrot fish, moray eels) and sponges that it can feel like swimming in an aquarium.