Apr 27, 2021 06:50 PM EDT
Why did the sponge often cross the seabed? It's a permitted question, mostly since experts have only just now found that these bizarre organisms may be remarkably more sprightly than anybody ever known.
(Photo : Francesco Ungaro)
The Numerous Trails of Sponge
In a new study, scientists observed the deep Arctic seabed with an operated submersible that is far away, checking to locate signs of life beneath the ocean at the top of the world. Across the seamount peaks of Langseth Ridge submerged in the Arctic Ocean, they discovered something they never anticipated - sponge tracks, strange trails evidently left behind by some closeby and otherwise very-stationary-appearing sea sponges.