This is just over one minute of the Gumball episode “The Console” and I swear in all my life I’ve never seen a cartoon do a video game parody this savvy. The entire episode is like this. They even imitated the exact battle theme from Final Fantasy VII.
My favorite part of is the way they bounce up and down in their idle animations
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED GIANT SPONGE REDISCOVERED IN CAMBODIA
More than 100 years after it was last seen, the
giant Neptune’s cup sponge (Cliona patera)
was rediscovered off the coast of southern Singapore in 2011. Now, a survey conducted by Fauna & Flora International (FFI) have identified the first official record of this very endangered species in Cambodia. Until its rediscovery in Singapore the species was widely considered to be extinct.
First described to science in 1822, the giant Neptune’s cup sponge were used as tubs for babies. But their giant size made them valuable to collectors around the world and they were overharvested until they disappeared from Singapore in the 1870s. The last time living sponges were seen was 1908, when collectors found some in West Java, Indonesia. The species was then thought to be extinct.
- A Neptune’s cup sponge used as a child’s bath. Credit: F. C. van Heurn (c. 1925)
Unlike many sponges, which tend to anchor themselves on reefs, Neptune’s cups are found on sandy bottoms. This habitats is also favoured by many seahorse species, which is the reason why these giant sponge where found during FFI’s field works. In fact, Koh Rong Sanloem and Koh Koun, the islands closest to where this particular Neptune’s cup specimen was found, are hotspots for seahorses, with six out of the seven seahorse species confirmed to date within Cambodian water are present at these sites. Researchers believe that number could rise to seven.
Cambodia’s coastline supports a wealth of marine biodiversity and a growing coastal population that is heavily dependent on these resources. The neptune’s cup discovery is not only significant in its own right, but also because marine life found there have the potential to thrive when protected from commercial trawling, which can have a devastating impact on the seabed.
No, he was trying to cut off his pinkie finger as an apology.
The running joke of the manga is that he used to be a high-ranking yakuza enforcer who’s having trouble adapting to civilian life. Hence her shocked face when she saw the decorations and the creepy way he sang “Happy Birthday”; it’s a traditional birthday celebration for your oyabun, not your wife.
oh my god, i just realized, this means he sees her
AS THE BOSS IN THE RELATIONSHIP
He see’s her as his direct boss, but the group’s head is the Women’s Association Chairwoman:
Someone please link me the full manga or something
