What in the world?
from the official livestream of the expedition captures both the blue goo critter and the scientists’ puzzled reactions."Blue biomat?" chimed in another.Before those suggestions rolled in, one of the crew perfectly summed up everyone’s enthusiasm at the discovery: "We’re still not sure. And we all really like a good mystery."According to the scientists, the blue goo blob might be some kind of sponge, soft coral, or even tunicate.
"I will definitely reach out to one of my sponge colleagues here in the Caribbean," said one of the scientists in the video. We're all for more videos like these. Hearing the scientists’ puzzled responses and enthusiastic curiosity is a delight to the ears, about as essential to the entertainment as the discovery of the organisms themselves."I think that’s actually one of the things that’s most exciting about Okeanos explorer expeditions," they said. "There’s always at least one thing that stumps you.
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