Guess who our closest invertebrate relative is? Drumroll, please – it's the sea sponge! Yeah, those squishy things you see at the beach. Turns out, genetically speaking, we've got some distant family ties with these underwater blobby buddies. It's like having a sea sponge cousin, but way, way back in the family tree. So, next time you're at the shore, give a nod to your invertebrate kin – they're keeping it simple in the ocean while we're out here overcomplicating everything on land. Cheers to the sponges!

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