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This looks like the same folded sponge that we sampled yesterday. Look at the size of these things!

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Oh my goodness! Where did this guy come from? Holy cow!

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That is unbelievable. Geez!

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So we sampled this a couple of days ago and I’m trying to figure out what it is right now,

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and I don’t know just from the spicules, but holy guacamole here, look at this thing!

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Which is bigger –the ROV or the sponge?

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And looking at the Seirios view overhead, I’m not sure. I think it’s a tie here.

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That is by far the biggest sponge I have ever seen down here.

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And I’m sorry to everyone who’s listening from the general public; we don’t know what this is yet.

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We did sample a piece of it a couple days ago and I think we’ll be able to figure it out, but I can’t give you the answer to what this sponge is.

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It’s gonna be, again, a new record for Hawaii.