Friendly Sea Sponge - Neatorama

(Photo: Mauricio Handler/National Geographic)

Mauricio Handler photographed this sponge off the coast of Curaçao in the Caribbean. Some people think that it looks like Cookie Monster, but I agree with Joe Hanson, a Ph.D.-holding biologist: it's one of the Martians from Sesame Street.

Link -via It's Okay to Be Smart

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Reminds me on the Muppet song, Do do, do do do, ma-na ma-na, do do do do, ma-na ma-na, do do, do do do do. Anybody know what I'm talking about or do I just sound like the town loony?

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It looks like a weird aquatic sock monkey. And I find sock monkeys super creepy, so thanks for the nightmares!

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The photos don't show it, but there must have been some kind of strap to keep his head from flying off after his body stopped moving forward. The researchers found out a head-strap is needed after a previous test using a bear.

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the man also was key in getting seat belts in all cars. while working for the airforce he convinced the DoD to let him keep doing his research by letting them know that "more Air Force pilots died each year in car wrecks than in plane crashes.".
http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i5/murphy/murphy2.html

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