Via Neal from We will find One Million People who accept Evolution.
Turn that frown
The next time you think you're having a bad day spare a moment to think
of Psychrolutes marcidus, or the Blobfish. Perhaps the most miserable
looking animal on the planet the Blobfish can be found in the waters off
Australia and Tasmania, at a depth of between 600–1,200m.
Not only does the fish look like a blob, it pretty much acts like one
too. It's flesh consists of a gelatinous mass, only slightly less dense
than water, that enables it to float just above the surface of the ocean
floor. The Blobfish also has few muscles and instead of swimming after
its prey waits for them to float within range.
Alas, due to fishing via trawling nets, this fish is facing extinction.
For more information:
http://
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Via Neal from We will find One Million People who accept Evolution.
Turn that frown
The next time you think you're having a bad day spare a moment to think of Psychrolutes marcidus, or the Blobfish. Perhaps the most miserable looking animal on the planet the Blobfish can be found in the waters off Australia and Tasmania, at a depth of between 600–1,200m.
Not only does the fish look like a blob, it pretty much acts like one too. It's flesh consists of a gelatinous mass, only slightly less dense than water, that enables it to float just above the surface of the ocean floor. The Blobfish also has few muscles and instead of swimming after its prey waits for them to float within range.
Alas, due to fishing via trawling nets, this fish is facing extinction.
For more information:
http://
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Turn that frown
The next time you think you're having a bad day spare a moment to think of Psychrolutes marcidus, or the Blobfish. Perhaps the most miserable looking animal on the planet the Blobfish can be found in the waters off Australia and Tasmania, at a depth of between 600–1,200m.
Not only does the fish look like a blob, it pretty much acts like one too. It's flesh consists of a gelatinous mass, only slightly less dense than water, that enables it to float just above the surface of the ocean floor. The Blobfish also has few muscles and instead of swimming after its prey waits for them to float within range.
Alas, due to fishing via trawling nets, this fish is facing extinction.
For more information:
http://
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
![Via Neal from @[171742372877051:274:We will find One Million People who accept Evolution].
Turn that frown
The next time you think you're having a bad day spare a moment to think of Psychrolutes marcidus, or the Blobfish. Perhaps the most miserable looking animal on the planet the Blobfish can be found in the waters off Australia and Tasmania, at a depth of between 600–1,200m.
Not only does the fish look like a blob, it pretty much acts like one too. It's flesh consists of a gelatinous mass, only slightly less dense than water, that enables it to float just above the surface of the ocean floor. The Blobfish also has few muscles and instead of swimming after its prey waits for them to float within range.
Alas, due to fishing via trawling nets, this fish is facing extinction.
For more information:
http://fishindex.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/blobfish-psychrolutes-marcidus.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blobfish](http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/s480x480/253039_399454190127912_1398575282_n.jpg)
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