The Second Time Sponges Took Over The World

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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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@alexcamacho1842 16 күн бұрын

"if mass extinction be something you wish!" _"Spongebob Squarepants!"_

@kenrickman6697 16 күн бұрын

Who survived the apocalypse under the sea? Spongebob Squarepants!

@lacucaracha111111 16 күн бұрын

Then junk up the oceans and flop like a fish!

@likebot. 15 күн бұрын

Spongebob's your uncle

@jamesleatherwood5125 15 күн бұрын

would work better for the tune if you threw the word big between the words if and mass! :)

@noone3708 15 күн бұрын

@@lacucaracha111111SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

@Shantosh9550 16 күн бұрын

Apocalypse approaches... Sponges: I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm Ready!!!!

@karansjet3823 16 күн бұрын

IIIII CANT HEAAAAAR YOUU!!!

@davidc8543 16 күн бұрын

@@karansjet3823 OHHHHH...Who lives after an extinction under the sea?!

@beatricetreadwell5785 16 күн бұрын

HAHAHA!!!

@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676 15 күн бұрын

WHAT I LEARNED IN BOATING SCHOOL IS!!!

@karansjet3823 15 күн бұрын

@@davidc8543 SPONGE AND SPONGE FRIENDS

@1ochotnik 16 күн бұрын

"We're all going to die!" Sponge: "Skill issue"

@impressions9558 16 күн бұрын

Humans: hahaha you brainless creatures. Sponges: You just wait.

@philp4684 16 күн бұрын

Ray: Of course you forget, Peter. I was present at an undersea unexplained mass sponge migration. Peter: Ray, the sponges migrated about a foot and a half!

@MossyMozart 13 күн бұрын

@@philp4684 - I forgot about that. Thanks for the funny reminder.

@danesorensen1775 16 күн бұрын

Imagine how much deeper the oceans would be without all the sponges.

@420Khatz 16 күн бұрын

lmaooo that's so stupid and yet so funny.

@Imperiused 16 күн бұрын

This comment made me giggle extremely stupidly

@paddor 16 күн бұрын

Haha. Now get out lol

@birdwatchingwithdrrajasaur4410 16 күн бұрын

as deep as rock bottom may be? 🤔

@TommyEfreeti 16 күн бұрын

Stephen Wright just chuckled "Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen."

@christopherjustice6411 16 күн бұрын

SpongeBob is eternal.

@fish-champ 16 күн бұрын

Ah hell nah spunch bop done survived the apocka lips

@mecahhannah 16 күн бұрын

Agreed 😂

@destronia123 16 күн бұрын

Especially since he can reproduce by budding.

@Goku17yen 16 күн бұрын

El esponjibop

@Rabbit0wnzu 16 күн бұрын

I mean, spongebob has been employee of the month for 300 plus months since 2002 😂

@Xidnaf 16 күн бұрын

"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

@Laurpud 15 күн бұрын

Me too 😂

@SreejithKSGupta 10 күн бұрын

Can you say it? I didn't get it 😅

@SreejithKSGupta 10 күн бұрын

Sponge?

@Warmaker01 15 күн бұрын

[Mass Extinction Hits] Sponges: "I didn't hear no bell."

@TragoudistrosMPH 16 күн бұрын

Sponges: Everyone's dead, ugh, guess I gotta clean it up...😒

@MossyMozart 13 күн бұрын

... _AGAIN!_

@smashlee6181 7 күн бұрын

it's the after party!

@TragoudistrosMPH 7 күн бұрын

@@smashlee6181 LOL

@dominicharvey6048 16 күн бұрын

Spongebob must have been sad when Patrick died during the mass extinction

@studtistics2448 16 күн бұрын

Lmao

@londonjackson8986 16 күн бұрын

@dominicharvery6048 Uh... Guys?! Should I tell him that in real life, Starfish (& Pufferfish) actually occasionally EAT Sea Sponges? Because... it ain't pretty...

@MossyMozart 13 күн бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 - Nooooooo!

@ericbrown1101 13 күн бұрын

@@londonjackson8986I think we should probably leave that part out 😂

@dragonflied3 8 күн бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 Mrs Puff and Mr Krabs too...

@philipswede7299 16 күн бұрын

Everytime he said spongeworld, I thought "you mean gloveworld"

@codemonkeyslikeme 16 күн бұрын

Blehh >.< glove flavors!

@crisptomato9495 16 күн бұрын

“Been spending most our lives livin’ in a sponge’s paradise…”

@Hugh.Manatee 13 күн бұрын

Filtered water once or twice, living in a sponge's paradise

@ritevalier 16 күн бұрын

Spongebob is both comically and scientifically immortal

@noaccount2494 15 күн бұрын

I would not have guessed Sponges being a cornerstone species but wow

@sundragon7703 16 күн бұрын

The universe will throw a lot at sponges, they will just soak it up.

@kyrab7914 3 күн бұрын

So... When life gives you lemons, get a sponge?

@HANKTHEDANKEST 15 күн бұрын

Humans: oh no, a mass extinction! Sponges: first time?

@Dr.Kay_R 16 күн бұрын

Meanwhile Tardigrade: sitting on a meteoroid on his way to Andromeda after surviving all mass extinctions.

@matthewlantz1677 16 күн бұрын

Mass Effect 4

@bengoodwin2141 15 күн бұрын

Tardigrades are surprisingly not nearly as hardy as people think. They can survive a lot, but they die to mundane things all the time, like things eating them.

@ppsaha1994 15 күн бұрын

@@bengoodwin2141 That's true but those predators would die in the extreme environments where tardigrades survive.

@bengoodwin2141 15 күн бұрын

@@ppsaha1994 That is also true, but it's not like exclusively predation kills tardigrades, and many other microscopic organisms are just as resilient, or more. For example, tardigrades do their drying out trick to survive unfavorable conditions, but other microbes just keep on living normally in those conditions, and the ones that don't have other strategies like forming spores.

@apexnext 15 күн бұрын

You can call me Tardi, but I'm _always_ on time.

@primrosevale1995 16 күн бұрын

So SpongeBob really could’ve never left his house. Used Napkin, Chip, and even Penny probably would’ve wasted away before he did.

@CoralRaeAllDay 14 күн бұрын

This is a gold comment 😂👏

@veggieboyultimate 16 күн бұрын

This makes me think that if all the other characters in SpongeBob had died, SpongeBob and his relatives would be partying like no tomorrow.

@americanwoman6246 16 күн бұрын

Does SpongeBob have sponge relatives? I can only remember Patrick and Mr.Krabs.

@anthonycrowley2264 16 күн бұрын

@@americanwoman6246 yeah, spongebob's parents and grandma were in a few episodes,so he does have sponge relatives

@americanwoman6246 16 күн бұрын

@@anthonycrowley2264 😃😁

@LimeyLassen 15 күн бұрын

You may not like it, but this is peak performance. This is the ideal sponge body.

@JayBenOh 16 күн бұрын

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.

@patrhiannongriffith810 2 күн бұрын

There's a great book on this, The Ends Of The Earth

@robertschnobert9090 15 күн бұрын

RIP Steve Hillenburg. He taught us so much about sponges. I had no idea they like living in pineapples! 🌈

@420Khatz 16 күн бұрын

It was once a no bone zone out there.

@51max50 16 күн бұрын

Can you feel it Mr. Krabs?

@gattycroc8073 16 күн бұрын

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.

@Patrickballhater 14 күн бұрын

See plants coral are other things of that sort are the ones that actually construct the large scale physical environment other organisms live in. Reefs forests grassland etc.

@Animeal_Tv 16 күн бұрын

I am watching this while washing my dishes

@helldronez 15 күн бұрын

With sponge 🧽

@krokuta3355 15 күн бұрын

Using a real dead animal oder just the sponge inspired plastic one?

@Gaming1Doge 16 күн бұрын

Humans: "OH NO APOCOLAPSE IS APPROACHING!" Sponges: "We win these"

@sforza209 16 күн бұрын

Should have said, “We got this”.

@Gaming1Doge 16 күн бұрын

@@sforza209 nah, we win these

@kevincotterell3644 15 күн бұрын

Happy days are here again....

@phoenixfritzinger9185 7 күн бұрын

“IM READY! IM READY!”

@slevemcdichael4481 16 күн бұрын

spongebob series finale lookin grim tbh

@larrymccandless8723 16 күн бұрын

He's got Dad Jokes and I approve

@duhduhvesta 16 күн бұрын

Yay Blake! His voice rocks

@judylearn7971 15 күн бұрын

Blake's snarky, funny delivery, makes him my favorite EONS host!

@Will-dh1qk 16 күн бұрын

So strange that sponges are animals

@southron_d1349 15 күн бұрын

I've never watched SpongeBob so those jokes would go over my head anyway. I've noticed he's drawn as an artificial kitchen sponge rather than something shown in the video.

@MossyMozart 13 күн бұрын

@southron_d1349 - _Spongebob Squarepants_ is not a documentary, but a fun cartoon. Even to this adult, it is hilarious and adorable. He lives in the town of "Bikini Bottom" and his best friend is a starfish. It's a whole funny watery world.

@nooneinparticular681 12 күн бұрын

@@MossyMozartsuccinctly summarized my friend

@kyleward3914 15 күн бұрын

I'm reminded of the quote from Ralph Wiggum on the Simpsons: "I beat the smart kids! I beat the smart kids!"

@malkong2784 16 күн бұрын

thank yall for giving me a fun educational video every day for years, it’s helped me through a lot

@matthewgordon3281 16 күн бұрын

this puts a whole new spin on spongebob's chaos

@Shantosh9550 16 күн бұрын

Please do an episode on when India was an isolated island before it crashed into asia and the kinds of flora and fauna living during that period.

@bbirda1287 16 күн бұрын

Nice!

@ToaOfFusion 16 күн бұрын

Life: *vibing* The Ordovician Extinction: "Are ya ready, kids?"

@iVebre 16 күн бұрын

Sponges are the freakiest animal

@WeeWeeJumbo 15 күн бұрын

mmmmm but siphonophores, though siphonophores are real, and they can hurt you

@extragoogleaccount6061 14 күн бұрын

Colonial organisms are all kinda crazy. Same DNA, same species, but can vary wildly in shape/size, jobs done, etc

@jaydee975 16 күн бұрын

Sponge Bob would’ve loved sponge word! 🙃

@LivingWithGout 16 күн бұрын

Sponge bath.

@Dont-jy5ox 16 күн бұрын

No he wouldn't, he will lose this uniqueness.

@MossyMozart 13 күн бұрын

All the other sea critters: "Sponges are stupid, weak, and fragile!" Sponges: "Hold my dish soap!"

@GBart 16 күн бұрын

Oooooooohhhhhhh Who lives through apocalypses under the sea?

@phoenixfritzinger9185 7 күн бұрын

SpongeBob SquarePants

@vernacularbarnarchitecture 15 күн бұрын

Always just so well written.

@Cudddlefish 16 күн бұрын

So that’s why I have those nightmares about spongebob consuming everything.

@samwill7259 16 күн бұрын

And they make great fry cooks

@raphaelgarcia9576 15 күн бұрын

Sponge World! Sponge World! Party time, excellent! 🎸🎶🎵

@C-Farsene_5 16 күн бұрын

So in conclusion: Spongebob feeds on the suffering of others, explains why would he keep torturing squidward and Mrs Puff

@ccvcharger 16 күн бұрын

That oddly makes sense.

@jobot1978 16 күн бұрын

His laugh makes more sense, too...

@londonjackson8986 16 күн бұрын

@C-Farsene_5 That would so much damn sense... if it weren't so PAINFULLY out of character for him to actually do that intentionally! This is SPONGEBOB we're talking about! Not Zim or Kefka!!!

@theendoftheworld9921 15 күн бұрын

I have a lot of respect for fungi and sponges and trees. Sometimes i wonder how they experience time. I mean they are alive, arent they?

@tyrannosauruswrex123 16 күн бұрын

Long live the Sponges!!! 😂

@hindigente 13 күн бұрын

It is weird how our whole understanding of the first mass extinction must be reassessed in light of a handful of samples containing thousand of sponges. What a discovery!

@deepquake9 16 күн бұрын

Great series! Thank you.

@arvantsaraihan5777 16 күн бұрын

Oh, how much I hoped to be a sponge that can watch the last days of life on Earth. Still sad that no life will survive by the time of the collision between Milky Way and Andromeda though, it must've looked so cool 😢.

@ccvcharger 16 күн бұрын

Maybe there is hope that we will spread the seeds of life to other worlds, so that Earth’s legacy won’t die with it.

@Jellysfrickingstuff 16 күн бұрын

I just got a dinosaur book lol, sponges have been around since the VERY early days relatively unchanged

@andrewvaldez8689 16 күн бұрын

This is great, but how did the pineapple get under the sea?

@liamflynn1120 16 күн бұрын

Stephen Hillenberg would've loved this 🥺

@mal2ksc 14 күн бұрын

Imagine how much deeper the ocean would be if it wasn't for all the sponges... 🤣

@Balthazare69 16 күн бұрын

SpongeBob would be proud & while Patrick ate everything 😂😂😂

@melaniabladeofmiquella 16 күн бұрын

Love PBS ❤ Thanks for this amazing insight 👍

@Iku00 6 күн бұрын

Sponges, Tardigrades, Rats, and Cockroaches, the four horsemen of thriving in mass extinctions

@mypal1990 16 күн бұрын

"Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis."

@mellissadalby1402 16 күн бұрын

Hi Blake, Very interesting episode!

@Nmethyltransferase 16 күн бұрын

Meanwhile, corals be like, "Help me, mothertrucker! Help... me...:

@NightSkyNyx 15 күн бұрын

Tabulate and rugose corals be like: 💀💀

@MandrakeFernflower 11 күн бұрын

Soft corals are pretty tough

@Seasonalginger 13 күн бұрын

Thank you for this incredible content!

@cratorcic9362 16 күн бұрын

SpongeBob, how could you!?

@jamesraymond1158 14 күн бұрын

Great, information-packed video, as always. Nova could learn a few things from you guys.

@BloxfruitKatakuri461 13 күн бұрын

I would really like more long form episodes

@eileen7303 10 күн бұрын

that is so freaking cool... I now have a whole new attitude about sponges!

@ignaciobarilignaquy8111 15 күн бұрын

Been spendin most their lives Livin' in a regional sponge paradise

@raphaelgarcia9576 15 күн бұрын

(Shaking cane made of sponge) Oh I remember when all was sponges, those were the days.

@meikahidenori 13 күн бұрын

Glad to see you back! Missed seeing you deliver awesome science!

@TiggerIsMyCat 15 күн бұрын

Well this makes sense, since you already did an episode on how sponges kept animal life going through Snowball Earth

@leechild4655 15 күн бұрын

The grim reaper always overlooks sponges cause they already look dead.

@PratikMukherjee 16 күн бұрын

Ironic that, after a mass extinction, life recovers by sponging off sponges!

@amirmoradi9595 16 күн бұрын

4:12 the origins of the Apple home pod

@jaalsburg 12 күн бұрын

"Life Finds a Way" is what I was thinking. Oh Malcolm, we will never forget you.

@user-cx9cv1yd7i 4 күн бұрын

There were a butt load of SpongeBob's gigglin away back then. The whole world wriggling with giggles.

@AroundTheBlockAgain Күн бұрын

Sponges: "What an extinction... pass the detritus!!"

@KaiseruSoze 16 күн бұрын

Those sponges are real preppers.

@Secret_Takodachi 8 күн бұрын

"I am become death absorber of worlds" - Spongebob SquarePants

@LittleTreeBlue 15 күн бұрын

I love Blake!!! All Blake, all the time, for my money!

@coeal2680 12 күн бұрын

i love the Crash Course TB episode, and would love to see John do more episodes like it

@OgoidAlucard 16 күн бұрын

I wonder how many Krusty Burgers those guys would make

@danvernier198 16 күн бұрын

Hmm gamma-burst... Sponge-Hulk Purplepants?

@dalesnider8040 16 күн бұрын

Sponges survive when ocean too acidic.

@chubbrock659 15 күн бұрын

*becomes

@helmann9265 14 күн бұрын

Fantastic one 👏

@pdbowman 15 күн бұрын

what a great show!

@Sxcheschka 14 күн бұрын

Lifeforms like sponges and worms are my faves, so chill and vibing.

@mountainousman 16 күн бұрын

Anyone else read the title as Spongebob Will Survive The Apocalypse

@scaper8 16 күн бұрын

I'm gonna say "true" for the triva. I know that the length between the beginning and end of the Mesozoic is longer than between the end of the Mesozoic and now. And I think that the three parts were fairly long each. EDIT: Well, shoot. I guess I guess I was wrong.

@Alex-qf2gx 16 күн бұрын

Make more sponge videos! Sponges only please.

@brucewayne000 13 күн бұрын

Awesome content, awesome!!

@pandoraeeris7860 16 күн бұрын

Sounds like a clean time to be alive!

@Binarokaro 15 күн бұрын

Do fungi play a similar role in mass extinctions? Given their role as decomposer and the environmental impact they have on ecosystems in refreshing nutrients and terraforming the soil

@internalizedhappyness9774 15 күн бұрын

SpongeBob: Hi SpongeBob! SpongeBob to SpongeBob: Hi SpongeBob! SpongeBob: Hi SpongeBob! Essentially The Ordovician Period…

@a2pabmb2 14 күн бұрын

So, when there's a mass extinction event do we find a corresponding layer/group of layers of strata with significantly higher fossil counts/densities than average or does it not work that way?