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Interesting marine and robotic educational facts

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Underwater Archaeology in Australia

Check out our short video about some of the rivers, gardens and gorges hidden under the waves of Batemans Bay

We continue to explore amazing Batemans Bay on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, especially as life has slowed a bit with recent lock-down restrictions. The video in the link below shows some land-based features that must have submerged as the sea level rose over the last 20,000 years, and some of the life inhabiting those areas now.

https://www.facebook.com/undersearovAUS/videos/1686125375111379

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Youngest published AUS scientist

We love hearing about the next generation of scientists and explorers! Congratulations Rehan!

Rehan noticed and studied with the help of his father the interaction between brown-spotted wrasse fish and common WA octopus. The fish follows the octopus around while it is foraging – called nuclear-follower behaviour – so the fish can score an easy meal, flushed out by the octopus.

ABCNews 15aug21

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Streaming live from underwater Batemans Bay

We were just running a quick test of sharing live video from a BlueROV2 in Batemans Bay (yes, underwater!) via Zoom. We saw some incredible sponges, coral fans, ascidians, and a nudibrach which we don’t catch site of too often:

And then our ROV pilot spotted this amazing Southern Knight seahorse, clinging to a sea tulip – WOW

Southern Knight seahorse having a chat with White Ear fish

[EDIT] You can read more about this “Seahorse meets Fish” in the Bega District News 03jun21

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2021 MATE Competition in ON

The student MATE ROV Competition is happening for 2021! This year, the “client” is us – the global community – and the request for proposals (RFP) is simple: design and build a remotely operated vehicle and the necessary sensors and tooling to tackle the real world problems of plastics in our ocean, climate change’s impact on coral reefs, and the consequences of poor environmental practices on our inland waterways.

For more details, visit MATECompetition.org