Chances are in your life you’ll never see a
blobfish (and you’re not missing out on much). Why? Because they are only found
at depths of around 800 meters off
the coast of Australia and Tasmania. Life this deep for most other fish is
impossible, as the depth pressure would literally cause the other fish’s gas
bladders to completely give up. Gas bladders are the reason fish can float. The
reason the blobfish can survive such depths is also what gives it its “unique”
(a.k.a. ugly) look. The blobfish doesn’t have a gas bladder, instead it’s
almost entirely compromised of a gelatinous substance that keeps the blobfish
from sinking. Why? Because the density of the jelly stuff is less then the
density of the water surrounding the blobfish.
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| "Yes, I am possibly the ugliest thing on earth. No, I do not appreciate your judgement." |
The Blobfish is really just a large mass of gel- kind of
like looking at jelly but larger and with eyes and a nose and a mouth and an
expression that is kind of like a scowl or frown. The fish averages around two
feet long. The blobfish is just as lazy as it looks and sounds-it basically
never uses any energy, not even to catch prey! All it does for food is gobble
up whatever just happens to be floating by. They should seriously think about
their carb intake! Blobfish mainly eat invertebrates like crabs, sea urchins,
mollusks and sea pens.
Female blobfish lay thousands of eggs at once and, unlike a lot of fish, the blobfish will actually stay with her eggs, floating just above, or in some cases literally sitting on the eggs. It’s not uncommon to find groups of blobfish nesting together with one female’s eggs sometimes right next to another females. Its not known whether this behavior is strategic of whether it is just a result of their ‘lazy’ nature- I’m rooting for the ‘lazy’! Blobfish nearly always make the top ten in lists for the weirdest and ugliest creatures on this entire earth!
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| Oh hello! |
Me: Okay, so everyone meet Bob. Bob
has actually had a role in the movie Men In Black 3- playing himself!
Bob: G’day everyone!
Me: and this is Bobette
Bobette: Hi ‘yall!
Me: so Bob, what's been a movie star
like?
Bob: I wouldn't exactly call myself a
star... A rising star would be more fitting
Me: Yep- you do a lot if rising don’t
you? I've heard that to get to the surface of the sea, you have to rise over
800 meters! Right from the bottom! That's impressive!
Bob: I know- it's an underappreciated
skill. Still, I think I’m going to put it on my resume.
Me: huh. So anyway... Bobette, are you and
Bob considering any more kids?
Bobette: are you FREAKING KIDDING
ME!?!? Do you know how long I had to sit on those damn eggs? And there were tens
of thousands of eggs! THOUSANDS! And I had to listen to all those gossipy
blobfish next to me, saying their eggs were bigger and prettier and they had
laid more and I just can’t take it!!!
Me: hey, did you know that some baby
animals eat their parents?
Bobette: holy cowfish! I ain't never
gonna fertilize another damn egg again!
Me: Bob, if it isn't too personal... How
do you and your lady, you know, 'ice the cupcake'?
Bobette: you mean how do we have sex?
Me: Bobette! Children could be reading this!
Bob: kids, sex is a natural and
beautiful thing-
Me: Look, forget I asked!
Bob: excuse me? I believe I hadn't
finished! Sex is a natural and beautiful thing- for humans. All me and the Mrs.
do is crowd together with a bunch of other blobfish and Bobette lays her eggs,
and I release the fertilizing sperm and then I float away. And that's just damn
ugly!
Me: wow... That's kind of sad.
Bob: look, is this over? I want to go
back to swimming the net for auditions for blobfish parts in movies
Me: don’t you mean 'surfing' the net?
Bob: do I look like I can surf???
Me: to be honest, you don't look like you
can swim.
Bob: this interview is over! And FYI- I don’t
need to swim! All I ever have to do is float on one spot and suck anything that
floats past into my mouth. I’m livin’ the dream baby!
Me: I don’t know Bob, maybe that’s reason
you’re both so fat! All you do is spend all your time at the bottom of the
ocean. Maybe if you actually swam around a bit, you could become more then
literally just a lump of fat. I mean, you don’t even have muscles! ‘Coz you’re
like a lump of jelly! Um……… Bob??? Bobette??? Come back!
Well, this interview is clearly over
and so is this post! Our next Crazy Creature is going to be the Star Nosed
Mole. Here’s a sneak peek at his nose:
Seriously. That’s his nose!
Love you all!
Chloe :)
P.S. Bob begged me to post
a link to the trailer for the Men In Black 3 movie he appears in! I highly
advise the movie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyaFEBI_L24
