There's a certain sponge and his friend, a seastar, in a television cartoon. If you've ever caught a few minutes of the cartoon show with SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick, you'll recognise those characters in some real sea creatures filmed by a remotely operated undersea vehicle. Click here for a link to a short article on an Ocean Explorers website, with a 1 minute video. Take a minute to enjoy a live square sponge and a live pink starfish, filmed by a little submarine steered remotely by scientists.
This little video was filmed in 2021 during the North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, which you can read about at this link. The goals and objectives of this expedition are summed up on another page, which you can read about at this link, with discussions of mapping and animal observations, and the search for ferromanganese rocks. This expedition by scientists and several young interns was one of many interesting ocean exploration expeditions, which you can find at this link if you're looking for more on ocean science!
