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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,547 posts) Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:27 PM Jul 2019

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How much deeper would the ocean be without

sponges?

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How much deeper would the ocean be without (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2019 OP

Steven Wright would be proud.... dhill926 Jul 2019 #1

That depends on how much was soaked up. democratisphere Jul 2019 #2

And why haven't scientists though to combat rising sea levels by throwing sponges into the ocean?? PoliticAverse Jul 2019 #3

Ooh, we got ourselves a real deep thinker here. sl8 Jul 2019 #4

But think of all the fish and marine mamals ProudLib72 Jul 2019 #5

dhill926

(16,339 posts)

1. Steven Wright would be proud....

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:28 PM

Jul 2019

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

2. That depends on how much was soaked up.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:29 PM

Jul 2019

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

3. And why haven't scientists though to combat rising sea levels by throwing sponges into the ocean??

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:30 PM

Jul 2019

sl8

(13,781 posts)

4. Ooh, we got ourselves a real deep thinker here.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:36 PM

Jul 2019

Well, la-dee-dah.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

5. But think of all the fish and marine mamals

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Tue Jul 16, 2019, 12:40 PM

Jul 2019

Think of their combined mass displacing all that water. Remove them, and you would have just a drop!

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