How Earth's First, Unkillable Animals Saved the World

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They have survived every catastrophe and every mass extinction event that nature has thrown at them. And by being the little, filter-feeding, water-cleaning creatures that they are, sponges may have saved the world.
Thanks to Franz Anthony and Julio Lacerda for their wonderful illustrations of sponges and snowball earth and other things. You can find more of their work here: 252mya.com/
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  • @Googledeservestodie
    @Googledeservestodie4 жыл бұрын

    Earth: *mass extinction* SeaSponges: "I'M READY I'M READY I'M READY I'M READY"

  • @Leomoon101

    @Leomoon101

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @averyjenson

    @averyjenson

    4 жыл бұрын

    “I’M READY! EXTINCTION! I’M READY! EXTINCTION!”

  • @jettsauce1975

    @jettsauce1975

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob

  • @doctorken2k

    @doctorken2k

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @joshuastreet8664

    @joshuastreet8664

    4 жыл бұрын

    Good meme!

  • @tobysmith2081
    @tobysmith20814 жыл бұрын

    Thanos: snaps finger Sponges: *y'all felt that breeze*

  • @tokm5555

    @tokm5555

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @wenelol

    @wenelol

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @jordanpemberton5124

    @jordanpemberton5124

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love this.

  • @carrotylemons1190

    @carrotylemons1190

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @mrtrappa7466

    @mrtrappa7466

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @noahi.1381
    @noahi.13814 жыл бұрын

    *MASS EXTINCTION ARRIVES* Tardigrade: *sips tea* Sponges: LETS DO THIS Jellyfish: Here we go again

  • @ScionStorm1

    @ScionStorm1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Everyon's finally here for the Doomsday Party! Who's turn is it to host this time?

  • @zep-chan4583

    @zep-chan4583

    4 жыл бұрын

    Humans:(Lauches spaceships into space to find a new home)GOODBYE!!!!!!BASTARDS!!!!!!

  • @eternalfizzer

    @eternalfizzer

    4 жыл бұрын

    Algae: I'm all over that.

  • @vbgvbg1133

    @vbgvbg1133

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ayy, we’re hosting the mass extinction party, then we’ll probably die haha

  • @Valandix

    @Valandix

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vbgvbg1133 "We'll probably die" Social Darwinsm and Darwinsm : Nah mate, humans are too op, that they can change the meta at their convenience, these cheaters

  • @rejvaik00
    @rejvaik004 жыл бұрын

    Are you ready kids? Who lives in acidic and cold freezing seas? Sponges Immortal beings that do what they please Sponges Survivors of all mass extinction events Sponges The soon to be dominant species next Sponges Sponges, sponges, sponges sponges!!!!!! (Plays flute)

  • @hydrahunter4629

    @hydrahunter4629

    3 жыл бұрын

    This is a slept on comment. Well done, mate. Well done

  • @IluvatarEru

    @IluvatarEru

    3 жыл бұрын

    Actually good not cringe

  • @user-fo9lw3pq8l

    @user-fo9lw3pq8l

    3 жыл бұрын

    Would've been better if you said sponges x2 lol

  • @davesmythe6733

    @davesmythe6733

    2 жыл бұрын

    One of the best comments ever on KZread. Bravo hahaha

  • @angelwhispers2060

    @angelwhispers2060

    2 жыл бұрын

    Roflmao!!!!

  • @leemaples1806
    @leemaples18064 жыл бұрын

    No wonder spongebob is always so happy and a goofball. He`s basically immortal.

  • @masterofmundus1304

    @masterofmundus1304

    4 жыл бұрын

    Plus he hangs out with a starfish, which can regrow it's entire body from a single limb.

  • @marcpeterson1092

    @marcpeterson1092

    4 жыл бұрын

    unless he gets canceled by Nickelodeon.

  • @abnnizzy

    @abnnizzy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@marcpeterson1092 But wasn't he?

  • @destroyer2496

    @destroyer2496

    4 жыл бұрын

    ImmortalInvincible

  • @demonking86420

    @demonking86420

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@marcpeterson1092 hillenburg is oof, spongebob oof with him RIP

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache4 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob is immortal confirmed

  • @wishcraft4u2

    @wishcraft4u2

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is actually a plot point in the movie and some episodes... As in, Spongebob survives drying out now and again.

  • @PeterGriffin11

    @PeterGriffin11

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kinda ironic that Sponges are immortal and Spongebob as a show has been airing new episodes sense 1999 making the show seem immortal like something that will outlive all of us just like The Simpsons, Pokémon & Family Guy.

  • @pepperjacks

    @pepperjacks

    4 жыл бұрын

    None can kill Spongebob. He is eternal. He is forever.

  • @scapeshiftmeta

    @scapeshiftmeta

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just Some Guy without a Mustache I suddenly find myself wondering if Spongebob is a kitchen sponge that was adopted by his parents

  • @stavro-kun

    @stavro-kun

    4 жыл бұрын

    I would have liked but you have 69 likes

  • @calinnita7395
    @calinnita73953 жыл бұрын

    Wait until they evolve into crabs. That's gonna be fun

  • @theplutonimus

    @theplutonimus

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yea 🤣

  • @krisherbst6162

    @krisherbst6162

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it’s more likely for crabs to become sponges

  • @ekosubandie2094

    @ekosubandie2094

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@krisherbst6162 barnacles did, well, sort of

  • @nafrost2787
    @nafrost27874 жыл бұрын

    Spongbob won't even let a mass extinction stop him from working at the Krusty Krab.

  • @matthewwilliams4065

    @matthewwilliams4065

    Жыл бұрын

    SpongeBob was a serial killer

  • @Uglier.

    @Uglier.

    Жыл бұрын

    His grind mindset was un-shakeable

  • @Abyssaracnis

    @Abyssaracnis

    Жыл бұрын

    Hundreds of millions of years before any of the other cast were born

  • @widdershinss2085
    @widdershinss20854 жыл бұрын

    Tardigrade: I can survive extreme hot and cold temperatures, not to mention the vacuum of space. Sponges: Sup

  • @thetitan7498

    @thetitan7498

    4 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @naufalap

    @naufalap

    4 жыл бұрын

    yea but they're squishy when not in survival state

  • @grubbybum3614

    @grubbybum3614

    4 жыл бұрын

    "can survive up to 20k years" Why isn't this common knowledge??? I feel like I should already know this amazing fact. That's an astonishing long time. And I thought a 1000 year old tree was epic...

  • @treborironwolfe978

    @treborironwolfe978

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@grubbybum3614 I can't even keep a potted fern alive for more than a month or two.. sponges are such show-offs. pfft..

  • @Wally-pu2hh

    @Wally-pu2hh

    4 жыл бұрын

    If space were a vacuum..

  • @Meeminator
    @Meeminator4 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob is 500 million years old and STILL doesn’t have his drivers license smh my head 🤦‍♂️

  • @Hatsukoi839

    @Hatsukoi839

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shake my head my head?

  • @kartikmalhotra1035

    @kartikmalhotra1035

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's trolling dude

  • @Hatsukoi839

    @Hatsukoi839

    3 жыл бұрын

    Priya Malhotra I mean he said ‘smh my head’ which means ‘shake my head my head’.

  • @sig5816

    @sig5816

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Hatsukoi839 yes that's the joke

  • @diobrando6245

    @diobrando6245

    3 жыл бұрын

    Car is a new invention, not like car already there 500 million years ago. He need more time to adapt with the new things along the timeline of his immortality. He probably didn't get dinosaur riding license before they all extinct.

  • @Vulcano7965
    @Vulcano79654 жыл бұрын

    Eons: Sponges are unkillable! Me: *looks nervously at the jurassic sponge fossils in the room*

  • @resortisland8977

    @resortisland8977

    4 жыл бұрын

    By that case sponges are basically pillar men

  • @janelletaboada6673

    @janelletaboada6673

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@resortisland8977 AYYAYAYAYA

  • @aryyancarman705

    @aryyancarman705

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@janelletaboada6673 Wammoponge

  • @RocketHarry865

    @RocketHarry865

    4 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/i4ShmtBypcqzd8o.html

  • @diobrando6245

    @diobrando6245

    3 жыл бұрын

    It basically turn into Spongar

  • @josephlilley9249
    @josephlilley92493 жыл бұрын

    Crazy how sponges have been around since the beginning of life. I'd say if that's true, they have evolved the perfect plan to survive all conditions on Earth and are perfectly adapted to just live.

  • @objective_psychology

    @objective_psychology

    7 ай бұрын

    Since the beginning of complex life, but that's only the last 20% of the timespan over which cellular life has existed on Earth

  • @solgarling-squire7531

    @solgarling-squire7531

    6 ай бұрын

    Actually, sponges are not known for their planning capacities.

  • @Roboprogs
    @Roboprogs4 жыл бұрын

    Wait - the Sponge *ate* Plankton? Well, this just got dark. 💀

  • @avahunt7052

    @avahunt7052

    4 жыл бұрын

    I guess spongebob got tired of Plankton stealing his crabby patties

  • @rauljulio5396

    @rauljulio5396

    4 жыл бұрын

    And Squid wouldn't even exist without Sponge.

  • @demonking86420

    @demonking86420

    4 жыл бұрын

    *FOUR HEAPING POUNDS OF FRESHLY GROUND*-- Plankton?

  • @ricardolouage1662

    @ricardolouage1662

    4 жыл бұрын

    They mostly eat phytoplankton and cyanobacteria (algae and photsynthetisizing bacteria) instead of zooplankton (animals), Sheldon Plankton is a copepod

  • @mjm3091

    @mjm3091

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob isn't the organism sponge, he is the artificial one. So its ok.

  • @Boyetto-san
    @Boyetto-san4 жыл бұрын

    3:58 Suddenly that dramatic scene in the movie where Spongbob and Patrick survived being dried out in the souvenir shop makes a whole lot more sense...

  • @craigkdillon
    @craigkdillon4 жыл бұрын

    Even in "snowball Earth", there was tectonic activity, volcanoes, and ocean currents. There must have been areas where these effects combined to create open water. Also, many areas where the ice was broken up and/or thin. We know from current sea ice, that sea ice actually a wonderful place for bacteria and plankton to thrive. So, as Jeff Goldblum said, "Life will find a way.".

  • @jamesbugbee9026

    @jamesbugbee9026

    Жыл бұрын

    Jeff should know

  • @solgarling-squire7531

    @solgarling-squire7531

    6 ай бұрын

    We can see ice-covered moons in our solar system that are without any exposure of the underlying water and amonia oceans.

  • @Quadrocephis
    @Quadrocephis4 жыл бұрын

    When you come down here to comment about spongebob but realize... *the whole population beat you to it*

  • @Heroesflorian

    @Heroesflorian

    4 жыл бұрын

    ...you mean, down here under the sea? :)

  • @chivalricsoul8463

    @chivalricsoul8463

    2 жыл бұрын

    As Absorbent and yellow and porous is he.. ;)

  • @anthonycrowley2264

    @anthonycrowley2264

    Жыл бұрын

    spongebob squarepants!

  • @russia1305
    @russia13054 жыл бұрын

    Pbs: maybe theres a plan to send sponges through a small black hole NASA: *sweats nervously*

  • @briantannenbaum8110

    @briantannenbaum8110

    3 жыл бұрын

    Kyan Connor sponge bob don’t give af he’s READY

  • @hermask815

    @hermask815

    3 жыл бұрын

    That are the conditions on Jupiters moon Europa. Send sponges, reap the fruits 500 Million years later.

  • @demonking86420

    @demonking86420

    3 жыл бұрын

    millions of years later: all signals originating from black holes are now spongebob clips

  • @mikeximenez5285

    @mikeximenez5285

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GerardMenvussa lmao the government doesn’t tell you the truth about where the money goes. They “lost” billions of dollars. No record where it is

  • @veggieboyultimate
    @veggieboyultimate4 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob should feel proud about himself, it's like he lives in a family tree of superheroes!

  • @iceg6621

    @iceg6621

    4 жыл бұрын

    Veggieboy Ultimate lmao

  • @curlyfryactual
    @curlyfryactual4 жыл бұрын

    2:07 _“but sponges aren't all soft squishy yellow squares with pants...actually, none of them are!”_ why did that hurt so bad to hear.

  • @Twinklethefox9022

    @Twinklethefox9022

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right in the childhood

  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
    @dank_smirk2ndchannel2004 жыл бұрын

    Makes sense that sponges are so unkillable considering that they’re basically made out of multiple tiny shards of glass

  • @slipstreamxr3763

    @slipstreamxr3763

    2 жыл бұрын

    So, does this mean that the Crystaline Entity from Star Trek TNG is essentially a giant free roaming space sponge?

  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200

    @dank_smirk2ndchannel200

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@slipstreamxr3763 ye.

  • @Misses-Hippy

    @Misses-Hippy

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@slipstreamxr3763 That's it!

  • @2bhonest559
    @2bhonest5594 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Mr.Squarepants

  • @josephgonzalez8138

    @josephgonzalez8138

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome? 😕

  • @ledernierutopiste

    @ledernierutopiste

    4 жыл бұрын

    You're just a low class human vampire Dio ! Never forget that ! WHAMUUU !

  • @2bhonest559

    @2bhonest559

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ledernierutopiste everybody gangster till I achieve heaven

  • @meeply4622

    @meeply4622

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @salman6254

    @salman6254

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very cool.

  • @Suspicious0bservers
    @Suspicious0bservers4 жыл бұрын

    Ok... that was terrific.

  • @SevenPr1me

    @SevenPr1me

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome to see you here

  • @tobiaszczarnota7879

    @tobiaszczarnota7879

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@SevenPr1me This is a con channel

  • @SevenPr1me

    @SevenPr1me

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tobiaszczarnota7879got any proof

  • @willemvanoranje5724

    @willemvanoranje5724

    3 жыл бұрын

    Woah! Never thought I would see you here! :0 Well atleast we now know that the sponges will survive the coming cataclysm :-)

  • @SevenPr1me

    @SevenPr1me

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tobiaszczarnota7879 so got any proof?

  • @shortbean0
    @shortbean03 жыл бұрын

    I love how we learn about this immortal creature that's lived for billions of years and we're just here meming it.

  • @MossyMozart

    @MossyMozart

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Shorty - Those things have seen me NAKED!

  • @arkurianstormblade4109
    @arkurianstormblade41093 жыл бұрын

    Hilariously Sponges are notorious difficult to keep in a home aquarium since you'll have to keep feeding the darn things filter food

  • @adventurefighter7501
    @adventurefighter75014 жыл бұрын

    Tardigrades: We are immortal Sponges: Hold my beer!

  • @hamz5791

    @hamz5791

    4 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob: hold my spatula

  • @isoinsignia7540

    @isoinsignia7540

    4 жыл бұрын

    But tardigrades can survive at and below boiling temps, near absolute zero, stay frozen for years, go without water for years, and withstand 1000 times the radiation it would take to kill a human. The sponges only really beat it in the dry time and probably the frozen time.

  • @user-kv4le9uu4k

    @user-kv4le9uu4k

    4 жыл бұрын

    IsoInsignia tho tardigrades have no armor whatsoever and are killed by snails and basically everything around them (including themselves) them being able to withstand that much doesnt really help them out while with sponges it really makes them invincible because they can consume and live around those harsh conditions while tardigrades wouldnt find anything to eat and just stay put forever

  • @thorr18BEM

    @thorr18BEM

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sponges were around before tardigrades existed.

  • @zbubbles4126

    @zbubbles4126

    4 жыл бұрын

    没有共产党就没有新中国 But there weren’t any snails back then, were there?

  • @danparish1344
    @danparish13444 жыл бұрын

    We really need to thank pineapples for first giving sponges a place to live on the bottom of the sea floor.

  • @ahmedm.el-sayed1358

    @ahmedm.el-sayed1358

    4 жыл бұрын

    dan parish no we shouldn’t , sponges would have just lived under rocks like sea stars ⭐️

  • @vbgvbg1133

    @vbgvbg1133

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ahmed M. El-sayed wtf you on about, all sponges live in pineapples?

  • @danparish1344

    @danparish1344

    4 жыл бұрын

    Duh

  • @yupa5221

    @yupa5221

    4 жыл бұрын

    This one 😂

  • @sooshuph653

    @sooshuph653

    3 жыл бұрын

    lmao u guys HAHAHA

  • @mrx4022
    @mrx40224 жыл бұрын

    Earth: *freezes over* Sponges: "Bring it on punk."

  • @blastulae
    @blastulae3 жыл бұрын

    Besides having remarkably low oxygen needs, sponges also form symbiotic relationsips with cyanobacteria, providing them with the CO2 food they need, such that this combo actually is a net O2 generator.

  • @marshmallowmonster7731
    @marshmallowmonster77314 жыл бұрын

    At first I read the title as :" How Earth's First, unlikable Animals Saved the World" :)

  • @mrnoname315

    @mrnoname315

    4 жыл бұрын

    Squidward doesn't like them.

  • @cyberdroid2300

    @cyberdroid2300

    4 жыл бұрын

    Did you not watch Venom the movie?

  • @ConstantChaos1

    @ConstantChaos1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I'm dyslexic so that's how most titles end up, its makes watching the videos more entertaining tho, like I know that's probably not what it says but I'm still interested

  • @kekasauria

    @kekasauria

    4 жыл бұрын

    I only realized I read it wrong when I saw your comment

  • @ian_b

    @ian_b

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same!

  • @BREAKERisDEAD
    @BREAKERisDEAD4 жыл бұрын

    I am Sponge. You are Sponge. We are Sponge. Love thy Sponginess and squeezeth thou holiness eternal.

  • @akmayernick3722

    @akmayernick3722

    4 жыл бұрын

    What? 😄

  • @eleSDSU

    @eleSDSU

    4 жыл бұрын

    We are not sponges, sponges are not true animals like us.

  • @KriegZombie
    @KriegZombie4 жыл бұрын

    9:38 "...big beautiful animals..." Shows some kind of Lovecraftian bladder-thing with fronds.

  • @Jason75913

    @Jason75913

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @POTATOEMPN
    @POTATOEMPN4 жыл бұрын

    Spongebob has always been my hero, so it's nice to see others recognize that. But for real, fascinating

  • @felafnirelek8987
    @felafnirelek89874 жыл бұрын

    Can you guys make a video about how each of the different kingsoms evolved? It'd be incredibly interesting to see how each branch of life formed into being the unique kingdoms they are today.

  • @CandySouvannarangsy3187

    @CandySouvannarangsy3187

    4 жыл бұрын

    Felafnir Elek and they should make it into a special series of videos

  • @teo8446
    @teo84464 жыл бұрын

    CAN YOU FEEL IT NOW MR. KRABS??

  • @funnirobot
    @funnirobot4 жыл бұрын

    *inhales* WHO SAVE THE EARTH FROM KILLING ALL LIFE?! SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS! WHOS BIG AND YELLOW AND SURVIVED MASS EXTINCTION?! SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!

  • @pierrebegley2746

    @pierrebegley2746

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is it sad I actually read this while singing the theme lmao?

  • @anther3219

    @anther3219

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why I hear the pirate voice when I read this?

  • @antank5703

    @antank5703

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oooooooooooooo

  • @7shinta7

    @7shinta7

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pierrebegley2746 Did it too. ^^"

  • @commentary_comments5516
    @commentary_comments55164 жыл бұрын

    So this is why Spongebob never died from everything he’s been through.

  • @mishinegluposti1466
    @mishinegluposti14664 жыл бұрын

    I like how they don't mention SpongeBob™ directly, to avoid copyright infringement 😆😆😆

  • @troyjardine5850

    @troyjardine5850

    4 жыл бұрын

    Viacom is just that aggressive of a company. I still remember them going after many KZread Poops.

  • @Lumberjack_king

    @Lumberjack_king

    4 жыл бұрын

    Big brother is watching. KZread. No no. They herd me. Demonetized $$$"

  • @Lumberjack_king

    @Lumberjack_king

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jk I don't make money off KZread

  • @experssion123

    @experssion123

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@troyjardine5850 I watched some video on how they were trying to sue the creators of KZread for copyright infringement during the early days of youtube which end up in them losing millions of dollars but now they directly hire companies to make channels to upload their content hiding it as stolen content but siphoning the profits while they strike similar channels that do the same.

  • @iceg6621

    @iceg6621

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mishine gluposti ™, don't forget ™

  • @Primordial_Radiance
    @Primordial_Radiance4 жыл бұрын

    Are you telling me that sponge I've been rubbing all over my body might still be alive!? Nice

  • @smylyface

    @smylyface

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was my first thought too. 😂

  • @ls200076

    @ls200076

    4 жыл бұрын

    OwO your body. Rub on me UwU

  • @b.griffin317

    @b.griffin317

    4 жыл бұрын

    not anymore it aint

  • @TheRedKnight101

    @TheRedKnight101

    4 жыл бұрын

    People used to use living sponges as cleaning sponges, now a days most sponges used are artificial.

  • @alecnolastname4362

    @alecnolastname4362

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheRedKnight101 hooray for a big ball of plastic built to replicate sea life. Can't wait until one finds it's way into the water.

  • @CharlesBosse
    @CharlesBosse4 жыл бұрын

    This is officially one of my favorite Eons videos. I really enjoy the deep time stuff.

  • @escobxy2541
    @escobxy25412 жыл бұрын

    Love how shes explaining that sponges aren’t at all relatable to SpongeBob, then shows a sponge with a body that is suspiciously familiar to a cartoon spatula… one you might expect SpongeBob to use. 2:17

  • @awddfg
    @awddfg4 жыл бұрын

    *_Humans: We'll save the world!_* *_Sea Sponges: Pathetic._*

  • @nicholasmaude6906
    @nicholasmaude69064 жыл бұрын

    There were actually three Snowball Earths with the first being the Huronian Glaciation 2.4 billion years ago.

  • @thangri-la

    @thangri-la

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yea. But the first one, sponges didn't exist yet. So they only survived snowball earths twice, no?

  • @RealSkelzore
    @RealSkelzore3 жыл бұрын

    Seasponges: *vibing* All of earth: Thank you, brother.

  • @gabrielvejar8037
    @gabrielvejar80373 жыл бұрын

    0:52 SUSS??!!!!!!

  • @thomasdamson6678

    @thomasdamson6678

    3 жыл бұрын

    AMONG US?!?!?!!?

  • @joseignaciodepierola2855
    @joseignaciodepierola28554 жыл бұрын

    This things evolved 210 million years before the Cambrian started

  • @b.griffin317

    @b.griffin317

    4 жыл бұрын

    insane

  • @magnuspeacock5857

    @magnuspeacock5857

    4 жыл бұрын

    B-b-but all life began during the Cambrian slow-burn. /s

  • @jacaliber
    @jacaliber4 жыл бұрын

    Neato. Now we would like a video on the story of the hyena family. The tree climbing hyenas, the dog-like running hyenas, and the bone-crushing hyenas and that one hyena that made it to North America. Chasmaporthetes.

  • @rubengivoni6823

    @rubengivoni6823

    4 жыл бұрын

    The dog-like running hyenas are called the African wild dogs if I correctly assumed the animal you're talking about :)

  • @jacaliber

    @jacaliber

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rubengivoni6823 Those are Canidae(Dogs) The hyenas I mention were actually hyena that was more dog-like or cursorial in the past. It is kinda strange, their niches past and present criss-cross. The dogs in the past were arboreal and bone-crushing but now are all running dogs. Whereas hyenas, for the most part, today, are all bone-crushing with some exceptions, I think there one was dog-like insectivore(Aardwolf), but in prehistory, the hyenas were arboreal too and dog-like too. (They were long distant runners).

  • @ddpzzp553

    @ddpzzp553

    4 жыл бұрын

    what was the name of the tree climbing Hyena?

  • @jacaliber

    @jacaliber

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ddpzzp553 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyena#Evolution. I can't name one off the top of my head but here are various hyenas mentioned as well as their evolutionary history. Their probably a better source than wiki. I am looking at Donald Prothero's book The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals.

  • @Ninjaananas

    @Ninjaananas

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jacaliber The spotted hyena is the bone crusher. Pretty strong jaw.

  • @switchamafuck78
    @switchamafuck784 жыл бұрын

    Tardigrades: I can persist in a lot of environments! Sponges: hold my plankton

  • @Joey-rs7uq
    @Joey-rs7uq4 жыл бұрын

    Why does the background music make me so reminiscent of the underwater world in Mario 64. the underwater barren aesthetic of this video also suits it too funnily enough.

  • @kolerick
    @kolerick4 жыл бұрын

    cockroach: I'm the most durable animal! Sponge: hold my soap...

  • @WackadoodleMalarkey
    @WackadoodleMalarkey4 жыл бұрын

    Now I want a mma showdown between sponges and tardigrades!

  • @loog8621

    @loog8621

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sanguine Sophrosyne tardigrades live centuries sponges can live up to10000 years

  • @vincentx2850

    @vincentx2850

    4 жыл бұрын

    Add rotifers to that list

  • @AKu-xs5vg

    @AKu-xs5vg

    4 жыл бұрын

    They both sit there doing nothing for 500 years

  • @barbarasmith3755
    @barbarasmith37558 ай бұрын

    All the things that had to happen over millions of years... for "life" as we know it. It is just mind blowing. Thanks sponges!

  • @CurtisDinn
    @CurtisDinn4 жыл бұрын

    Sponges are absolutely kill-able. Freshwater sponges form gemmules, but very few marine sponges do! Also, trawling activity can certainly kill a sponge - high sediment concentrations can also cause their filters to become blocked. Sponges can sneeze and cough out some sediment, but human activity can cause irreparable damage to sponges.

  • @NicWalker627
    @NicWalker6274 жыл бұрын

    I'm reeeeady! I'm reeeeeady! I'm reeeeeady! To resist nature to kill meeeee! Hey Squidward!

  • @resortisland8977

    @resortisland8977

    4 жыл бұрын

    Squidward: *_EXTINCTIONAL SCREAMING_*

  • @cleanerben9636
    @cleanerben96364 жыл бұрын

    They may even be older than 640 million years

  • @bosonbreeder

    @bosonbreeder

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sure. But if they ate plankton, plankton must still be older.

  • @dublinerscraic7946

    @dublinerscraic7946

    4 жыл бұрын

    yeah she said 780 mya at 3:24

  • @nicholaslewis8594

    @nicholaslewis8594

    4 жыл бұрын

    That’d be Zooplankton. Phytoplankton is photosynthetic.

  • @cleanerben9636

    @cleanerben9636

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dublinerscraic7946 there's also some sponge related chemicals from over a billion years ago, last I checked, but no fossils of course.

  • @biggboii2595
    @biggboii25953 жыл бұрын

    Nice to know that there’s probably a sponge older than human civilization

  • @entity1325
    @entity13254 жыл бұрын

    an entire video about how badass sea sponges are. i was not disappointed

  • @fod2011
    @fod20114 жыл бұрын

    How about one on thermal vent life origin theory?

  • @SalianSaxon
    @SalianSaxon4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this very interesting episode I would love to see a episode about the recovery of vegetation after the Permian extinction, because it is a fascinating story as well.

  • @Jason75913

    @Jason75913

    2 жыл бұрын

    seconding this

  • @dengan699
    @dengan6993 жыл бұрын

    I feel a little warmer inside by knowing when we will all die from our stuipidity, somewhere deep in the ocean, a live being will thrive

  • @mancillamarie
    @mancillamarie3 жыл бұрын

    so what you’re telling me is that everything will evolve into a crab EXCEPT for sponges cuz they’re just that hardcore? damn

  • @Sandrosian
    @Sandrosian4 жыл бұрын

    With the summer we are having in Europe this earths period sounds like a great place for a vacation.

  • @y11971alex
    @y11971alex4 жыл бұрын

    I’ve waited for this episode for so long.

  • @ServentForAnubis
    @ServentForAnubis4 жыл бұрын

    I need more. Every video I end up rewatching older stuff. Our world is so captivating.

  • @The_Runaway_wolf
    @The_Runaway_wolf2 жыл бұрын

    The next time I see a sponge I will respect it even more then I ever did

  • @Ferny1415
    @Ferny14154 жыл бұрын

    Sponges: I have survived all of major extinctions in history. Mankind: I'm About to End This Man's Whole Career

  • @gualterguai

    @gualterguai

    4 жыл бұрын

    not even

  • @iksarguards

    @iksarguards

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully they at least outlive the tired Whole Career KZread post meme

  • @crazycatlady39

    @crazycatlady39

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's possible I suppose, but it would probably not be as easy as you'd think it'd be. Jut getting rid of the ones on the seafloor, river bottom, lake bed, etc. and the ones in aquariums would probably not be enough because those are just the adults. Their asexually reproduced offspring, the gemmule, are apparently even tougher. No oxygen, 5 times the radiation that'd kill a human, drying out for months at a time. We'd be more likely to kill ourselves off trying to kill them. You'd have to pull some Thanos stunt.

  • @rauljulio5396

    @rauljulio5396

    4 жыл бұрын

    We could send those mofos to Mars to give 'em a proper challenge.

  • @loren5720

    @loren5720

    4 жыл бұрын

    The world was literally on the brink of destruction and they still survived so I doubt it.

  • @theshamanite
    @theshamanite4 жыл бұрын

    Please do the evolution of fungi.

  • @limiv5272

    @limiv5272

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Levi Atha I could only find one video related to fungi: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X3tqlqaal6vbf8o.html It focuses on a specific fungus, and says little about the evolution of fungi, so I think there's justification for another video

  • @schweinner
    @schweinner3 жыл бұрын

    Jellyfish: woah is this what extinction feels like? Sponges and Tardigrade: First time?

  • @xilousuchus
    @xilousuchus4 жыл бұрын

    Sponge, I owe you my life. "In Optimus Prime voice"

  • @noaholson9047
    @noaholson90474 жыл бұрын

    Can you make a video on how placental mammals marsupials and monotremes broke apart from each other

  • @Inignot12
    @Inignot124 жыл бұрын

    Why is Eons my favorite KZread channel? Thanks a million guys, keep up the great work!

  • @taylenday
    @taylenday4 жыл бұрын

    2:05 "Actually none of them are in real life.." Well thanks for shattering my hopes and dreams.

  • @HarleyHerbert
    @HarleyHerbert2 жыл бұрын

    They may not be planning to send them into black holes, but sponges are considered among the various life forms that could be sent to other planets to terraform them to create conditions we or other forms of life could survive in. They could survive on planets that would kill most other creatures.

  • @yt_astrral
    @yt_astrral4 жыл бұрын

    Sponge:*is unkillable Humans:Are you challenging me?

  • @arjayjames7384

    @arjayjames7384

    4 жыл бұрын

    They will outlive us for sure.

  • @kevinyaucheekin1319

    @kevinyaucheekin1319

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arjayjames7384 Not necessarily.

  • @caiohenrique1603

    @caiohenrique1603

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@arjayjames7384 probably not, we are killing a lot of them by some side effects of global warming like reducing ocean’s oxygen levels and rising its temperatures

  • @WildWestMarshal
    @WildWestMarshal4 жыл бұрын

    This lady makes it 100% better 😨

  • @adolfoalba1555

    @adolfoalba1555

    4 жыл бұрын

    Why that emoji tho?

  • @sasshole8121

    @sasshole8121

    4 жыл бұрын

    I like her voice.

  • @TheBlueB0mber

    @TheBlueB0mber

    4 жыл бұрын

    Because her enthusiastic presentation grabs your attention and makes you care about her story and not just her facts. Great presenter; phenomenal channel.

  • @misterhat5823

    @misterhat5823

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sasshole8121 I like her figure. She rocks the jeans and T shirt.

  • @rauljulio5396

    @rauljulio5396

    4 жыл бұрын

    cute

  • @TheMCCraftingTable
    @TheMCCraftingTable2 жыл бұрын

    Not only did "The Sponge" save Bikini Bottom, He saved the entire realm.

  • @eternalfizzer
    @eternalfizzer4 жыл бұрын

    eontologist: a neologism for someone who writes for PBS Eons (eons + ontologia, "study of being"). Well done - you made me look that up.

  • @piiingenuity3382
    @piiingenuity33824 жыл бұрын

    One of the most informative channels ever :)

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea4 жыл бұрын

    People say the Orks from Warhammer 40k are fungi but I disagree. I think they are more like sponges considering how resilient their species are and how quickly they reproduce.

  • @tiepilot1217

    @tiepilot1217

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like Heretical Xenos propaganda to me! Please report to your nearest Administratum office for detainment and reprogramming

  • @hisnotsolonely2961

    @hisnotsolonely2961

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tiepilot1217 you have sullied yourself with heretical information Serf! How do you plea!?..... TOO LATE! *BLAM*

  • @zmanuniverse7602

    @zmanuniverse7602

    3 жыл бұрын

    What are yall on about I wanna be in the know

  • @Kristonia69
    @Kristonia694 жыл бұрын

    Girl, those highlighted cheekbones are everything.

  • @michaelworkman4057
    @michaelworkman40574 жыл бұрын

    I immediately thought, "Living sponge space suit!" And then.

  • @tlrad2007

    @tlrad2007

    4 жыл бұрын

    They may survive lots of radiation but I doubt they'd be good radiation shielding.

  • @michaelworkman4057

    @michaelworkman4057

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@tlrad2007 layering

  • @michaelworkman4057

    @michaelworkman4057

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Los Fromla that's for me to know and you to find out

  • @michaelworkman4057

    @michaelworkman4057

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Los Fromla my point is they survive compression, radiation is a separate issue and yes, layering. Do you think a spacesuit is made out of just one material? The internal structures of sponges exhibit something called a Clausen profile, a way of shaping a column for maximum resistance to buckling, a type of mechanical failure. Also this is youtube, we're sharing and discussing ideas not defending and attacking dissertations.

  • @jeremys9367
    @jeremys93674 жыл бұрын

    That shirt rocks, yo. As does anything about snowball Earth, of course.

  • @schweinner
    @schweinner3 жыл бұрын

    Three pillar men consist of: Sponges, Tardigrade, and Jellyfish

  • @spiritbreakermlbb
    @spiritbreakermlbb4 жыл бұрын

    I think there is more on Spongebob that we do not know. That is why Mr. Crabs hire him to guard Krabby Patty from Plankton. Oh man, it is all making sense

  • @hoidthings5728
    @hoidthings57284 жыл бұрын

    Plz, do a vid about an evolution and advantages of placentas... I am not going to call from his name (cough cough) but someone said to have set a reminder about that idea 😝

  • @rockingthemike

    @rockingthemike

    4 жыл бұрын

    yes! i got hopeful when they tackled the heart and blood episodes earlier in the year, thinking this might be next.... and we're still waiting. :(

  • @davidsi5376
    @davidsi53764 жыл бұрын

    I will give a fat kiss to the next sponge that i see for allowing us to be here.

  • @nafrost2787
    @nafrost27874 жыл бұрын

    This channel makes me love zoology and geology.

  • @Daichifan1
    @Daichifan12 жыл бұрын

    I love how the titles of their videos sound like clickbait, but then they actually talk about what the title says

  • @TragoudistrosMPH
    @TragoudistrosMPH4 жыл бұрын

    20,000yrs and freshwater species? It's amazing what you can learn!

  • @kennethultimate02
    @kennethultimate024 жыл бұрын

    Snow ball earth: the period when the earth is down and depressed. SpongeBob and his kind: enjoying their icy world

  • @impitt28
    @impitt28 Жыл бұрын

    I always tell my kids, “don’t get me started on sponges!” I am admonished from saying thank your sponges that you’re alive.😊

  • @jorgeaugusto1867
    @jorgeaugusto18674 жыл бұрын

    Very few channels make me go "huh, just look at that!", And this is one of them, it happens with almost all videos published

  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200
    @dank_smirk2ndchannel2004 жыл бұрын

    So if sponges survived on snowball earth, then are sponges the ancestors of Canadians?

  • @b.griffin317

    @b.griffin317

    4 жыл бұрын

    would explain a lot

  • @loog8621

    @loog8621

    4 жыл бұрын

    If so sponge bob is my distant cousin

  • @reshiram0verl0rd65

    @reshiram0verl0rd65

    4 жыл бұрын

    Look up neoteny in sponges, you'll crap yourself... XD

  • @dank_smirk2ndchannel200

    @dank_smirk2ndchannel200

    4 жыл бұрын

    reshiram0verl0rd I just got a bunch of scientific articles, couldn’t find any images of neotenous sponges

  • @reshiram0verl0rd65

    @reshiram0verl0rd65

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dank_smirk2ndchannel200 check out treytheexpainer, he explains the hypothesis of how a "larval" stage of a sponge has a nodochord and how neotenic evolution could have been how "protofish" (not sure if this is a real term, but sounds fitting) evolved. Hopefully this helps.

  • @alivation
    @alivation4 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant video. Thanks heaps!

  • @goingblargh
    @goingblargh4 жыл бұрын

    Seasponge: The day that Mass Extinction Event arrived was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

  • @skibsteds
    @skibsteds4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for a great video, as always. And thanks VERY MUCH to the presenter for not speed-talking throughout the video.

  • @TheSaiyanPrincess
    @TheSaiyanPrincess4 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see a video about coelacanths and other living fossils or crocodile linkage.

  • @zacharyforbes6086
    @zacharyforbes60864 жыл бұрын

    I would love a video on the evolution of hymenoptera especially eusocial species like ants

  • @demonking86420

    @demonking86420

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bees

  • @andrewjames8792
    @andrewjames87924 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel so much never stop guys!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @tb9360
    @tb93604 жыл бұрын

    Wow, two years of Eons have flown by so quickly! With so many videos comes with so many more questions. Please do another FAQ video or maybe a Frequent Posted Puns video (that would probably be a two parter!;) I know, I know, I have great PUNctuation

  • @perrydowd9285
    @perrydowd92854 жыл бұрын

    That was absolutely fascinating. I've been chasing up snowball earth, particularly the first great ice age, ever since I saw a Tony Robinson doco about it. All we really know is that unicellular species went into the first great ice age and that multicellular creatures came out. That's gotta get your curiosity cells buzzing.🌐❄️

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