The World's Saddest Looking Fish May Soon Become Extinct!
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No matter how you look at it, the Blobfish has to be one of the most miserable looking animals you have probably ever encountered. And, it has a reason to be - If the fisherman continue to overfish this glum looking animal, it will soon disappear forever!
The blobfish is a deep sea fish that can be found off the coast of mainland Australia and the island of Tasmania. With very few muscles, the fish is primarily a mass of gelatin with a density that is slightly less than the ocean water. This enables it to float around on the ocean bed, without swimming or exerting any energy! As it bobs around, it feeds off anything edible that floats its way.
While not edible, blobfish live so close to the ocean bed, that they often get caught in the nets thrown to catch lobsters. As deep sea fishing becomes more prevalent in the region, an increasing number of blobfish are being pulled up - leading scientists to believe that they may soon become extinct. Now that would be really sad wouldn't it?
sources: wikipedia.org, dailymail,co.uk
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- g-man almost 14 yearsI want one
- colealmost 14 yearsthat is so grose
- calmost 14 yearscool
cat123about 14 yearsso sad but its so ugly
gordaabout 14 yearsno its not !!!!!!!!!
swirlylollypopsabout 14 yearsthey're kind of creepy... that's sad that the blobfish might be going extinct.- BubbleJuiceabout 14 yearsOooops.... Sorry about the typo. I meant blobfish, people.
- BubbleJuiceabout 14 yearsAw! That fish looks sadder than a bulldog puppy wet in the rain! I think we have to save this, without the lobster prices rocetign again. WE don't want these creatures to become extinct like the rest of the animals us humans have harmed in some way. SAVE THE BOLBFISH!!!
samisweetheartabout 14 yearsCUTE CUTE CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
melmooabout 14 yearsOr is that just there tears from being sad.- melmooabout 14 yearsWow do they have snot.
