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Posted on 11/23/2012 4:23:48 PM PST by nickcarraway
A new carnivore shaped like a candelabra has been spotted in deep ocean waters off California's Monterey Bay. The meat-eating species was dubbed the "harp sponge," so-called because its structure resembles a harp or lyre turned on its side.
A team from the Monterey Bay Research Aquarium Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., discovered the sponge in 2000 while exploring with a remotely operated vehicle. The sponges live nearly 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) beneath the ocean's surface.
"We were just amazed. No one had ever seen this animal with their own eyes before," said Lonny Lundsten, an invertebrate biologist at the research institute and one of the first to see the harp sponge
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Did I post 2? I didn’t even know?
I’ve been having double-ping problems, not due to me, perhaps due to the size of the list (swordmaker’s had the same problem for a few years now) and some gizmo in the software.
How does it get enough men to eat?
Does it eat Crabby Patties?
IBSBSPP
(In Before Sponge Bob Square Pants Picture)
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(In Before Sponge Bob Square Pants Picture)
“said Lonny Lundsten, an invertebrate biologist at the research institute”
What does this guy do in his laboratory, slither or move by pseudopodic progression?
;^)
Does it live in a pineapple?
If only I had photoshop.
Maneater and friend.
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