More and more people are learning every day that the world is a deeply troubling and perplexing place.
Case in point: in a video that's gone viral this week, a shelled sea creature is seen clamoring around underwater. "RT if you've never seen a sea shell move before," the tweet was captioned. Thousands have now done just that.
Rt if you've never seen a sea shell move before
People were not embarrassed to reveal their lack of mollusk knowledge. "I thought...they were like plants," one person wrote. "Alive but didn't move on their own."
@AMAZlNGNATURE Call me stupid but I thought they couldn't move... they were like plants. Alive but don't move on their own
THEYRE LIVING CREATURES????!!!!! https://t.co/ceCeUhoIrO
@AMAZlNGNATURE That's so awesome I always thought they just stayed in place!!
The footage actually has a lot of folks disturbed...and scared?
my scary ass woulda dropped my phone in the water and ran https://t.co/obOgKX6czM
The shell in on drug https://t.co/CZNU0i5BYf
*For the official record: The creature in the footage is a scallop. Yes, they are living. No, they are not classified as plants.*
In fact, there are so many videos on the internet showing clams runnin' around in the open water.
View this video on YouTube
However, there appears to be a few people who knew clams could move. Apparently this is thanks to Spongebob once showing a cartoon clam moving about.
@AMAZlNGNATURE @Mskyadoll So we gone act like we ain't see this episode
@AMAZlNGNATURE @TheKristinaT Y'all always lying, we seen sea shells move on Spongebob ALL THE TIME!
"They cry too," one informed Spongebob viewer wrote.
did yall not watch spongebob...they cry too https://t.co/bGImoWzJ39
So, I guess the real news here isn't that clams move, but that childhood cartoons are teaching people about science.
Spongebob Squarepants wasn't lying. Clamps "fly". https://t.co/9dIJwtKZ4x
i guess all those spongebob episodes weren't lying https://t.co/WSDRSkRXGO
Thanks, Spongebob.
