Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? If you have a child under ten years of age or if you are just a 10 year old at heart, you know the answer- SpongeBob Square Pants, that's who! For those not in the know, here's Nickolodeon's description of this cartoon character:

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sea sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on his cranky neighbor Squidward's nerves, SpongeBob's usually smack in the middle of a strange situation with his best starfish buddy, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.

What Nick doesn't tell us is that while the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom have lead an idyllic existence, the real-life residents of the sea floor have been facing a strange situation of their own- having their habitat turned upside down and an inside out. But thanks to the good folks from Greenpeace, that's about to come to an end: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation explains:

More than 20 countries have agreed to work together to end a method of deep-sea fishing which they say causes huge damage to the environment. The agreement covers a quarter of the world's oceans and will restrict fishing vessels from dragging huge weighted nets across the sea floor. Called 'bottom sea trawling', it is a multi-million dollar industry, but experts say it destroys deep-water coral. Executive director of Greenpeace New Zealand, Bunny McDiarmid, says it is a very indiscriminate and destructive way of fishing. "Ahead of the net they have some steel rollers that clear the path for the net to come behind, so that the net doesn't snag on anything," she said. "But pretty much anything that's in the way of the net, like corals or sponges, any kind of sea lice is kind of bowled over to make way for the net behind."

I think it is fitting that someone named "Bunny" is making the real life Bikini Bottoms safe. I wonder if the creators of the SpongeBob series could create a Greenpeace-like, environmentalist character. Maybe Bunny could be seen visiting the Bottom after descending from The Rainbow Warrior. And if so, there may also be room for a few villains in the mold of Boris and Natasha from the old Bullwinkle cartoon series. As the article above noted in its concluding lines: "China, the United States, France, Japan, Chile and South Korea were among the countries signing the agreement. Russia however did not sign and says it will continue fishing in the same way." Clearly the male villain should be named Vladimir, maybe Vlad the Bottom Trawler.