Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Blobfish (psychrolutes marcidus)

This is the blobfish. It lives deep in the ocean around Australia and Tasmania. The pressure is so high where it lives that it can't have a gas bladder like most fish have to stay afloat. Instead, it's just a gelatinous mass with a higher density than water. Blobfish just drift along the ocean floor, eating whatever floats in front of them.


If somebody could make a video that made it look like these three blobfish were a singing trio, I think that would be pretty funny.

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