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Ohhhhhh!
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS!
And right there we can already see this show makes no sense. Regardless, the strange sponge and his hodgepodge of friends captivated the world for 12 seasons.
Funny, annoying, inappropriate, amusing. Spongebob is a show known for being many things. Factually accurate is not one of them. But you may want to start viewing the absurd cartoon a little differently. In reality, Spongebob is more of a genius than you may realize.
Spongebobisms
Spongebob is a sea sponge that wears pants and works for a crab. One of his closest friends is a squirrel that lives underwater using an astronaut-like contraption. Not to mention, he lives in a pineapple…? For obvious reasons, we don’t look at the cartoon for facts about the sea.
That’s why if you caught Spongebob talking about how there are beaches in the ocean you would not have even considered this a realistic idea. Spongebob and the rest of the Bikini Bottom world are known to go to the “Goo Lagoon” for beach days. The Goo Lagoon is basically a little beach within the ocean. Sounds made up, right?
Spongebob Spitting Facts
Here’s where things get even crazier, the Goo Lagoon is real. Okay, maybe no underwater sea creatures call it that, but the concept is not totally far-fetched.
Goo Lagoon is arguably a “brine pool” which is also referred to as a “seafloor lake”. Brines look distinct and function as mini beaches within the ocean. A brine pool has a salt content that is 3-8x greater than the surrounding area, so the water stays separated. These little underwater lakes and rivers can greatly vary in size and can even be miles long! Certain sea creatures do like hanging out along the edges of these lakes (eerily similar to Spongebob!).
Long story short, Spongebob wasn’t just spewing his typical nonsense. There really are “beaches” within the ocean and some sea life do go to hang out there. Whether or not they get into the same antics as Spongebob and his friends is certainly debatable, but there really could be a Goo Lagoon out there. While I don’t particularly suggest getting your sea life facts from a cartoon, some elements of Spongebob are based on real concepts that are pretty cool to learn about.
