this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2024
361 points (98.7% liked)

Science Memes

10501 readers
3433 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.

Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
361
Chaunacops (mander.xyz)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
top 14 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

Well, Stephen Hillenburg was a marine biologist before creating SpongeBob, he was just implementing what he knew.

EDIT: I just saw "newly discovered". Maybe a coincidence?

[–] RIP_Cheems 13 points 6 months ago

Until you realize Daniel Kingsley, creator of Phineas and Ferb, predicted that the platypus was teal under ultraviolet light 13 years before it was discovered.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Has been spotted and known about since (at least) 2017 iirc

Described as a Bright-red Chaunacops or "sea toad"

[–] optissima 2 points 6 months ago

Life imitates art

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Perhaps the animators of the Spongebob Movie found one first and just didn't tell anyone about it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe they created this creature for reference while making the movie and then released it into the wild when they were done. Or maybe it's just coincidence. Who can say. These all seem equally plausible to me.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe an expert in the field decided to make something bizarre yet plausible, only to be shown that nature has been playing that same game for a lot longer. The fact it's living now is a neat coincidence.

[–] turddle 3 points 6 months ago

Hillenburg’s secret lab will never be found after his passing. The knowledge of creating new species (solely for animation reference) and great SpongeBob episodes were lost with him 😔

[–] hswolf 1 points 6 months ago

hey there

[–] marcos 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are many fishes that look like that cartoon one.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's what my best mate told me after my last break up

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Oof. My condolences dude....

[–] Delphia 6 points 6 months ago

Thats a Squig.