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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490 Comments
  • Helloover 13 years
    STOP FISHING THESE ANIMALS
    • stickersover 13 years
      wow ewww cute
      • SARAH MONSTERalmost 14 years
        SAVE THE FISH!!!!
        • wolfwolfalmost 14 years
          thats a sad fish its sad its being fished up sooo much
          • HelloKittyAngelalmost 14 years
            I feel bad for that fish. Fishing is very bad. tell your parents not to fish. Would you like it if there was a hook in your mouth and someone kept yanking it? I bet not..
            • Bascoalmost 14 years
              save the fish man
              • hialmost 14 years
                save the fish
                • NINJAalmost 14 years
                  THATS 1 UGLY FISH BUT IT DEOSN'T HAV TO BE EXTINCT!
                  • loveme$$$almost 14 years
                    da fish are cute and ugly at da same time!!!!!!SAVE THE FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                    • sasyalmost 14 years
                      SAVE THE FISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!