This looks like the same folded sponge that we sampled yesterday. Look at the size of these things!
Oh my goodness! Where did this guy come from? Holy cow!
That is unbelievable. Geez!
So we sampled this a couple of days ago and I’m trying to figure out what it is right now,
and I don’t know just from the spicules, but holy guacamole here, look at this thing!
Which is bigger –the ROV or the sponge?
And looking at the Seirios view overhead, I’m not sure. I think it’s a tie here.
That is by far the biggest sponge I have ever seen down here.
And I’m sorry to everyone who’s listening from the general public; we don’t know what this is yet.
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.
It’s gonna be, again, a new record for Hawaii.