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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491 Comments
  • yopvabout 16 years
    yhay fish is creeeeeepy!
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    • Chris Brownabout 16 years
      heyyy sup foolz AINT NOW WAY these fish r real
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      • missebonyabout 16 years
        cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool groos
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        • Luluabout 16 years
          My sissy changed my look/person! ARGH!!>:(
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          • Luluabout 16 years
            this is the ugliest fish ever! Eww... Ive never seen something sooooooooo ugly! Blehhh.. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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            • Luluabout 16 years
              this is the ugliest fish ever! Eww... Ive never seen something sooooooooo ugly! Blehhh.. EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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              • hihiabout 16 years
                it is so ugly and sad and gross and odd and........................... but it is so sad and i think im going to give for a schol project and lets see who will heelp in my casses its so saaaaaaaadddddd im so sryy for these poor blob fish becoming extinct i could go on foreva about these poor blob fish lololololol i think i shount tho
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                • Godabout 16 years
                  it looks so saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad
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                  • carlyabout 16 years
                    looks like a cartoon...
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                    • selena about 16 years
                      it is a ugly fish but it looks sad and it seems that the reson it is sad is that it is becoming extinct wish i could help this poor fish!!!!
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                      Dolasia, Meera. “The World's Saddest Looking Fish May Soon Become Extinct!.” DOGObooks. January 27, 2010. Accessed February 7, 2026. https://www.dogonews.com/2010/1/27/the-world-s-saddest-looking-fish-may-soon-become-extinct.

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                      Dolasia, M. (2010, January 27). The World's Saddest Looking Fish May Soon Become Extinct!. Retrieved 2026, February 7, from https://www.dogonews.com/2010/1/27/the-world-s-saddest-looking-fish-may-soon-become-extinct

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