Nature & Environment

Huge sea sponge thought to be world's largest

By T.K. Randall
May 29, 2016

Image: AI-generated (Midjourney) Found during an expedition of the NOAA's Okeanos Explorer vessel, this enormous organism took researchers completely by surprise when they ran in to it at a depth of around 7,000ft.

The sea sponge is not only remarkable because of its size but also because of its age which is estimated to be in excess of 1,000 years.

"We're going to all these places that we've never been before, going to depths that we haven't been before, so we don't really know what we're going to find," the team wrote.

Footage of the discovery, which was recorded during the expedition, can be viewed below.


Source: ABC News

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