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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- :)about 12 yearspoor little creatures.:(
khart9about 12 yearsit would be very sad if this awesome looking fish would not exist any more- wellillbeDARNover 12 yearswell i seen this fish before oh YEA i have it in my aqaurium at home~!!! cool story bro!
- austinover 12 yearscool
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- Coolover 12 yearsThat is so ugly
dojo13579over 12 yearsit kind of looks like the alien from men in black3 in the chinese restaruant
laa9876almost 13 yearsthis fish is ugly. but still, poor fish.- laa9876almost 13 yearseww. but poor fish
- Anyaalmost 13 yearspoor little fishy! 'sniffle'
