The Second Time Sponges Took Over The World
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Published 2024-05-14
Researchers have discovered a piece of a weird, but critical, time in the deep past…a time when the first-ever mass extinction may have turned Planet Earth into Sponge World.
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All Comments (21)
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"if mass extinction be something you wish!" "Spongebob Squarepants!"
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Apocalypse approaches... Sponges: I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm Ready!!!!
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"We're all going to die!" Sponge: "Skill issue"
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Imagine how much deeper the oceans would be without all the sponges.
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Humans: hahaha you brainless creatures. Sponges: You just wait.
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SpongeBob is eternal.
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[Mass Extinction Hits] Sponges: "I didn't hear no bell."
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"sponges soak up mass death like a... come on, don't make me say it." ashamed to admit i stared into space for about 30 seconds going "? don't make him say what?????" before it clicked for me
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Spongebob must have been sad when Patrick died during the mass extinction
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Sponges: Everyone's dead, ugh, guess I gotta clean it up...😒
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Everytime he said spongeworld, I thought "you mean gloveworld"
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The universe will throw a lot at sponges, they will just soak it up.
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Could you make a video summarizing the five big mass extinction events? It would be great not only to gain perspective over the whole topic, but also to get a comparison about the causes, impact and aftermath of these events.
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Spongebob is both comically and scientifically immortal
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So SpongeBob really could’ve never left his house. Used Napkin, Chip, and even Penny probably would’ve wasted away before he did.
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I would not have guessed Sponges being a cornerstone species but wow
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“Been spending most our lives livin’ in a sponge’s paradise…”
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sponges, coral, and plants of prehistoric times have to be one of the most under looked parts of the worlds before use. sure, there not as entertaining as moving organisms but they do make up a major part of their environments and are important for us to understand what the past of our planet looked like.
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Can you feel it Mr. Krabs?
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This makes me think that if all the other characters in SpongeBob had died, SpongeBob and his relatives would be partying like no tomorrow.
