Carnivorous ‘death ping pong balls’ discovered near remote UK island

Chondrocladia sp. nov is a type of sea sponge – yes, a horror film version of SpongeBob SquarePants (Picture: The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census/Schmidt Ocean Institute)Thousands of metres beneath the surface of the Earth in a near-endless void, carnivorous ping pong balls are on the hunt.No, this isn’t the plot of a cheesy 1980s midnight movie – this ‘death ball sponge’ is one of 30 deep-sea creatures discovered by a recent expedition.Living in one of the m