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 14 күн бұрын

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

@kenrickman6697 14 күн бұрын

Who survived the apocalypse under the sea? Spongebob Squarepants!

@lacucaracha111111 14 күн бұрын

Then junk up the oceans and flop like a fish!

@likebot. 13 күн бұрын

Spongebob's your uncle

@jamesleatherwood5125 13 күн бұрын

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

@noone3708 13 күн бұрын

@@lacucaracha111111SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

@christopherjustice6411 14 күн бұрын

SpongeBob is eternal.

@fish-champ 14 күн бұрын

Ah hell nah spunch bop done survived the apocka lips

@mecahhannah 14 күн бұрын

Agreed 😂

@destronia123 14 күн бұрын

Especially since he can reproduce by budding.

@Goku17yen 14 күн бұрын

El esponjibop

@Rabbit0wnzu 14 күн бұрын

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

@Shantosh9550 14 күн бұрын

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

@karansjet3823 14 күн бұрын

IIIII CANT HEAAAAAR YOUU!!!

@davidc8543 14 күн бұрын

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

@beatricetreadwell5785 14 күн бұрын

HAHAHA!!!

@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676 13 күн бұрын

WHAT I LEARNED IN BOATING SCHOOL IS!!!

@karansjet3823 13 күн бұрын

@@davidc8543 SPONGE AND SPONGE FRIENDS

@impressions9558 14 күн бұрын

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

@philp4684 14 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 11 күн бұрын

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

@danesorensen1775 14 күн бұрын

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

@420Khatz 14 күн бұрын

lmaooo that's so stupid and yet so funny.

@Imperiused 14 күн бұрын

This comment made me giggle extremely stupidly

@paddor 14 күн бұрын

Haha. Now get out lol

@birdwatchingwithdrrajasaur4410 14 күн бұрын

as deep as rock bottom may be? 🤔

@TommyEfreeti 13 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."

@1ochotnik 14 күн бұрын

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

@TragoudistrosMPH 14 күн бұрын

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

@MossyMozart 11 күн бұрын

... _AGAIN!_

@smashlee6181 5 күн бұрын

it's the after party!

@TragoudistrosMPH 5 күн бұрын

@@smashlee6181 LOL

@dominicharvey6048 14 күн бұрын

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

@studtistics2448 14 күн бұрын

Lmao

@londonjackson8986 14 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 11 күн бұрын

@@londonjackson8986 - Nooooooo!

@ericbrown1101 11 күн бұрын

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

@dragonflied3 6 күн бұрын

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

@Xidnaf 13 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 13 күн бұрын

Me too 😂

@SreejithKSGupta 8 күн бұрын

Can you say it? I didn't get it 😅

@SreejithKSGupta 8 күн бұрын

Sponge?

@crisptomato9495 14 күн бұрын

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

@Hugh.Manatee 11 күн бұрын

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

@ritevalier 14 күн бұрын

Spongebob is both comically and scientifically immortal

@Warmaker01 13 күн бұрын

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

@Dr.Kay_R 14 күн бұрын

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

@matthewlantz1677 14 күн бұрын

Mass Effect 4

@bengoodwin2141 13 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 13 күн бұрын

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

@bengoodwin2141 13 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 13 күн бұрын

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

@noaccount2494 13 күн бұрын

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

@philipswede7299 14 күн бұрын

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

@codemonkeyslikeme 14 күн бұрын

Blehh >.< glove flavors!

@HANKTHEDANKEST 13 күн бұрын

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

@sundragon7703 14 күн бұрын

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

@kyrab7914 Күн бұрын

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

@veggieboyultimate 14 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 14 күн бұрын

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

@anthonycrowley2264 14 күн бұрын

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

@americanwoman6246 14 күн бұрын

@@anthonycrowley2264 😃😁

@JayBenOh 14 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 8 сағат бұрын

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

@primrosevale1995 14 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 12 күн бұрын

This is a gold comment 😂👏

@51max50 14 күн бұрын

Can you feel it Mr. Krabs?

@LimeyLassen 13 күн бұрын

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

@420Khatz 14 күн бұрын

It was once a no bone zone out there.

@gattycroc8073 14 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 12 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.

@Gaming1Doge 14 күн бұрын

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

@sforza209 14 күн бұрын

Should have said, “We got this”.

@Gaming1Doge 14 күн бұрын

@@sforza209 nah, we win these

@kevincotterell3644 13 күн бұрын

Happy days are here again....

@phoenixfritzinger9185 5 күн бұрын

“IM READY! IM READY!”

@Animeal_Tv 14 күн бұрын

I am watching this while washing my dishes

@helldronez 13 күн бұрын

With sponge 🧽

@krokuta3355 13 күн бұрын

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

@slevemcdichael4481 14 күн бұрын

spongebob series finale lookin grim tbh

@larrymccandless8723 14 күн бұрын

He's got Dad Jokes and I approve

@Will-dh1qk 14 күн бұрын

So strange that sponges are animals

@Shantosh9550 14 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 14 күн бұрын

Nice!

@robertschnobert9090 13 күн бұрын

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

@jaydee975 14 күн бұрын

Sponge Bob would’ve loved sponge word! 🙃

@LivingWithGout 14 күн бұрын

Sponge bath.

@Dont-jy5ox 14 күн бұрын

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

@matthewgordon3281 14 күн бұрын

this puts a whole new spin on spongebob's chaos

@judylearn7971 13 күн бұрын

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

@duhduhvesta 14 күн бұрын

Yay Blake! His voice rocks

@malkong2784 14 күн бұрын

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

@kyleward3914 13 күн бұрын

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

@iVebre 14 күн бұрын

Sponges are the freakiest animal

@WeeWeeJumbo 13 күн бұрын

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

@extragoogleaccount6061 12 күн бұрын

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

@southron_d1349 13 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 11 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 10 күн бұрын

@@MossyMozartsuccinctly summarized my friend

@ToaOfFusion 14 күн бұрын

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

@MossyMozart 11 күн бұрын

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

@samwill7259 14 күн бұрын

And they make great fry cooks

@GBart 14 күн бұрын

Oooooooohhhhhhh Who lives through apocalypses under the sea?

@phoenixfritzinger9185 5 күн бұрын

SpongeBob SquarePants

@Cudddlefish 14 күн бұрын

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

@C-Farsene_5 14 күн бұрын

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

@ccvcharger 14 күн бұрын

That oddly makes sense.

@jobot1978 14 күн бұрын

His laugh makes more sense, too...

@londonjackson8986 14 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 13 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 14 күн бұрын

Long live the Sponges!!! 😂

@andrewvaldez8689 14 күн бұрын

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

@Jellysfrickingstuff 14 күн бұрын

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

@mypal1990 14 күн бұрын

"Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis."

@hindigente 11 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!

@vernacularbarnarchitecture 13 күн бұрын

Always just so well written.

@raphaelgarcia9576 13 күн бұрын

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

@liamflynn1120 14 күн бұрын

Stephen Hillenberg would've loved this 🥺

@Balthazare69 14 күн бұрын

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

@Iku00 4 күн бұрын

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

@arvantsaraihan5777 14 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 14 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.

@Nmethyltransferase 14 күн бұрын

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

@NightSkyNyx 13 күн бұрын

Tabulate and rugose corals be like: 💀💀

@MandrakeFernflower 9 күн бұрын

Soft corals are pretty tough

@mal2ksc 12 күн бұрын

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

@deepquake9 14 күн бұрын

Great series! Thank you.

@cratorcic9362 14 күн бұрын

SpongeBob, how could you!?

@melaniabladeofmiquella 14 күн бұрын

Love PBS ❤ Thanks for this amazing insight 👍

@raphaelgarcia9576 13 күн бұрын

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

@ignaciobarilignaquy8111 13 күн бұрын

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

@KaiseruSoze 14 күн бұрын

Those sponges are real preppers.

@Secret_Takodachi 6 күн бұрын

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

@eileen7303 8 күн бұрын

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

@user-cx9cv1yd7i 2 күн бұрын

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

@mellissadalby1402 14 күн бұрын

Hi Blake, Very interesting episode!

@BloxfruitKatakuri461 11 күн бұрын

I would really like more long form episodes

@PratikMukherjee 14 күн бұрын

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

@TiggerIsMyCat 13 күн бұрын

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

@amirmoradi9595 14 күн бұрын

4:12 the origins of the Apple home pod

@jaalsburg 10 күн бұрын

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

@Seasonalginger 11 күн бұрын

Thank you for this incredible content!

@danvernier198 14 күн бұрын

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

@leechild4655 13 күн бұрын

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

@jamesraymond1158 12 күн бұрын

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

@OgoidAlucard 14 күн бұрын

I wonder how many Krusty Burgers those guys would make

@brianlewis5692 14 күн бұрын

Only southern Brits would say "ahfta-mahths"

@Joe_Potts 45 минут бұрын

Nearly all life on Earth: (Dies) Sponges: "Bahahahahahahahaha!"

@dalesnider8040 14 күн бұрын

Sponges survive when ocean too acidic.

@chubbrock659 13 күн бұрын

*becomes

@meikahidenori 11 күн бұрын

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

@mountainousman 14 күн бұрын

Anyone else read the title as Spongebob Will Survive The Apocalypse

@LittleTreeBlue 13 күн бұрын

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

@daphneloose5880 13 күн бұрын

Sponge World? Is that the new theme park opening in Bikini Bottom?

@scriptorpaulina 14 күн бұрын

You forgot to mention them surviving two mass extinctions in the Tonian 🥺

@internalizedhappyness9774 13 күн бұрын

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

@jkb2016 13 күн бұрын

3:30 "Hellooooh? Where is everybody?"

@helmann9265 12 күн бұрын

Fantastic one 👏

@Alex-qf2gx 14 күн бұрын

Make more sponge videos! Sponges only please.

@scaper8 14 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.

@invisiblejaguar1 13 күн бұрын

Just the cretaceous alone, early to late, was longer than the span (so far) of the cenozoic era... I just can't... 🤯

@user-il8sk7do3x 4 күн бұрын

This just in, "sponges immortal?"

@Binarokaro 13 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