- [Woman 1] So if you're just joining us,
we're just beginning exploration on this dive
on an unnamed seamount.
We are in Papahānaumokuākea Marine Monument.
This seamount is southwest of Don Quixote Seamount,
where we've spent the last few dives exploring.
- [Trevor] That actually looks like one of those
white hair gorgeous too that was off to the left.
- [Woman 2] Aaron, if Trevor's okay with it,
can you do a zoom on Argus?
- [Aaron] Yeah.
You can see through the sponge.
- [Man 1] Uh-huh.
- [Aaron] It's neat.
- [Woman 2] It's pretty cool.
- [Aaron] Incredible.
- [Woman 2] Yeah.
- [Aaron] Oh, and nice shot.
- [Man 1] Of the laser?
- [Aaron] Wow, that Argus view is phenomenal.
- [Man 1] That's beautiful.
Yeah, that Argus view is surreal.
- [Aaron] All right.
I should probably go to the correct sponge though.
- [Trevor] Look at the size of this thing.
This is prompting a holy guacamole.
- [Aaron] It's definitely a double guacamole.
All right, I gotta.
- [Woman 3] It's such a great shot.
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That's cool.
- [Woman 2] I'm far away from the
- [Woman 3] Oh, very cool.
- [Aaron] You can see it has arches are heaving like ghost.
(all laughing)
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Can I get bubble on red porch please?
Oh wow.
- [Woman 3] Sponge drama.
Love it.
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- [Aaron] That really is something else. Isn't it?
- [Trevor] That's a whopper.
It's gonna take two hands to handle that whopper.
- [Aaron] I'll say.
(both laughs)
Okay, thank you. Imma turn lights on now.
- [Man 1] Two yeah.
Oh, daylight.
- [Woman 1] There's all the lights, again. All at once.
- [Man 1] Daylight. Look at that sponge
folded up on itself, stocked.
What is that?
- [Trevor] Yeah, could we take a look at Butte stock,
Butte,
under mute?
- [Aaron] It's like grumpy face bunch.
- [Trevor] I think it's the same thing that we sample,
he's just, grew in a very odd manner.
If you look at the edges, of the edges are just the same.
Oh yeah. He is grumpy.
- [Aaron] Okay, zoom in please.
- [Man 1] Uh-huh.
- [Trevor] Yup.
- [Aaron] Hey you get off my lawn.
- [Man 1] Yeah, get off my lawn, you kids.
(Trevor laughing)
- [Trevor] That's the one we sampled.
It just shows you how you could get fooled
by all of these different way that they grow.
- [Aaron] Yeah, such a different morphology.
- [Woman 3] Is that a coral growing off of it?
- [Aaron] Yeah. Well hydroid. Is it a hydroid?
- [Man 1] Something like that, yeah, on the other side.
- [Aaron] You can zoom in on that sticky bit.
- [Woman 3] There's a crab under.
- [Guy] What are you?
- [Trevor] There's long arms spiny,
which is this you're uptight.
I forgot what Mary said, well.
- [Aaron] Squat strong, grumpy face.
- [Man 1] Grumpy grab a sponge.
(Man 1 and Woman 3 laughing)
- [Trevor] Well, how would you like it
if you had hydroids growing on you?
- [Aaron] I wouldn't like it at all. No siree, not one bit.
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- [Woman 2] Can we get a quick zoom on this cucumber?
- [Man 1] Yeah.
- [Woman 2] Oh, cool.
- [Woman 3] Oh wow, he's cute.
- [Man 1] Oh wow.
- [Woman 2] It's very decorated. The fancy cucumber.
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Okay, yeah scramble, get outta here.
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- [Trevor] Those are just stunning bamboos,
I think that's yeah, it's bamboo.
It is what? maybe even four different species there.
Oh, could we look at the yellow coral
that just went right under the guy right there.
- [Man 1] Yes, I can.
- [Trevor] This is one of our, Socos, a category of an event
but I'm not positive.
No.
- [Aaron} Yeah.
- [Trevor] I think this is let's hold here for a Sako.
I think this is either a Catholic origin or a Plex or I'd
probably accept the gorgeous.
Could you weigh in on this please?
I get a chance to look at it.
- [Woman 2] Yup.
- [Trevor] She says, yay.
(both laughing)
- [Aaron] What is that?
Can we look at this please?
Holy guac, how many different sponges are we gonna get here?
I'm wondering whether this could be something called a hit
or a colony or something, which is more west coast-y.
This could also be what we call, well,
let's get some images. This also could be Corbett
Teleny genus, regardless of something we haven't seen,
so it's good to document this anyway.
- [Aaron] Yeah, look at that in Argus. Wow.
That's incredible.
- [Woman 2] Is that okay there Trevor?
- [Trevor] Sure.
- [Aaron] Okay. Let's move or let's stay here,
whatever you guys want.