The Blob fish is a type of fish found off the coast of Australia and Tasmania but don’t expect to see one on your holidays as they are extremely rare to come by. The reason the Blob fish is so rare is that they live very deep down in the sea, literally just off of the sea bed. The Blob fish are found at a depth of around 800 meters which would make life impossible for most fish as at that depth the pressure is roughly eighty times more than at sea level. The reason that the Blob fish can survive at such a depth is also what gives it such a unique look (some would say ugly), foregoing a gas bladder (found in most fish to keep them buoyant) the Blob fish is almost entirely comprised of gelatinous substance, this keeps the Blob fish from sinking as the density of the goo is less than that of then sea where they are found.
Blob fish out of water
Blob fish out of water
As the Blob fish is comprised of a gelatinous substance they actually have no muscles at all and they just float in the same spot most of the time waiting for their next meal. Scientific research has explained that the main diet of the Blob fish is that of sea urchins and mollusks. The Blob fish will literally float in place waiting for a meal to come by with little or no effort exerted in hunting prey, this leads to in-frequent meals which works fine for the Blob fish as sustenance isn’t needed in a large level as the Blob fish devotes almost of its time to floating stationary, its because of this behavior that the Blob fish has been branded ‘lazy’.
The female Blob fish lays thousands of eggs at once and unlike a lot of fish the Blob fish will actually stay with her eggs, floating above as usual of in some cases literally sitting on the eggs. The Blob fish nesting habits are interesting as its not uncommon to find groups of Blob fish nesting together with one females 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.
Blob fish underwater
Blob fish underwater
When under water the Blob fish has an comical, almost human looking face however if taken out of water the Blob fish will die after a short while and is gelatinous body will dry out and shrivel no longer resembling the typical way people think of Blob fish. Currently the survivability of Blob fish is being investigated as it is becoming to common an occurrence of fishermen catching Blob fish by mistake and of course severely lessening their chances of survival.
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ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww but ineed to no more abut it for my project lik how it takes care of its offspring how it survives and about its population
dude what is up with this fish. it looks like it just got its skin burnt off. well i think iam going to have nightmears tonight……
ok, we have to remember that the blobfish is accostomed to a habitat of extreme pressure….when you pull it out of its habitat up to sea level where the pressure is significantly lower… the poor fish is going to expand…and get bloated….probably thats why the skin has ruptured… its basically exploding. It cannot survive in an environment of such low pressures, the same way humans would be crushed to death in an environment of extreme pressure.
Check out hte pic of hte blobfish in its natural environment… looks practically like a a reuglar fish…
it is a fish and stop useing boring words
The top one looks like it’s been skinned already!!
Does the blob fish really lose skin or is it photo shopped?
just wanted to no because my friend is doing a science project on this thing
and he tells me that it skins it’s self?
i find that messed up…
haha I’m doing a project on this thing
well that’s very interesting i don’t think they skin them selves!
The top one looks rather discusting. But it is still interesting.
Blob fishes own and rock
whoo blobfish own
the blobfish rock. we love the blobfish
Blobfish are so pretty
I know right! But there so, so, so, so BLOBBY! Hehe. I love blob fish.
Blob Fish are cute lol x
Coool i love that fish
Oh my goodness this fish is creepy!!! I think that some of them pictures on the web are fake. I mean really, I may be from Teenessee but I think that there is a little more reality than what this people are saying about this so called “Blob Fish” all I’m going to say is that, don’t be fooled by this thing that people call a fish. WOW!!!
you are a moron….learn proper english please
that fish is ugly.
HAH! Gotta love this fish
These fishes are only ugly out of the water compare a ugly one out of the water to one in the water Blobfish and Blob Scuplin are kinda cool looking in the water i mean if u just see a photo go see one in california urself and u will decide of how they look like.
i think this fish is freakin ugly its an ugly jellyfish
wt* this is really ugly but still i too need more info please i know that this fish looks really sad and all this and that you probably don’t want to make a reshearch on it because i make you feel guilty to take advantage of a sad creature like this but plz
Can anyone help me with a report? I need to know the life span of a Blobfish, how it reproduces and cares for it’s young. Also, any cool facts not listed here.
Thanks.
Can anyone help me with a report, like what is the life span, how does a Blobfish reproduce and take care of it’s young?
Thanks.
Megan
Wow, that is indeed an ugly fish! You know what, I am doing a report on it for school.I have to. the fish looks naked! What did you do shave it to the sore.
I wonder how that fish stays alive, its really cool!
that fish is AWESOME
Hmm, looks a bit cruel, something is happening to that skin.
How does it look cruel?
AWW ITS SO CUTE <3 i love this little guy he is so awesome and so so so so so cute!
LOVE THIS FISH
this is the most discusting fish ever
Did you know that blobfish actually are the world’s most ugliest fish? I think you know that already.
I love them. THERE SO CUTE!
well i think that this is a great and awesome fish. if i could buy one i would
honestly out of the water it looks like a genetic human and fish experiment it just looks like it is going to say something. like put me back!
dude that fish is off the shizay!!!!
I think this is the most beautiful creature in the history of the world other than myself(:
ewww grosssssss nasty but every kool awesome but werid!!!!
I think blobfish are stylish I love blobfish
awesome
thanks for the info for my report this will definatly get me an A
hey where did you get your information. please help doing a science project. thanks inadvance. unz
The Blobfish is amzing!
that thing is so ugly but cool lol!
i think the thing is cool to but weird
the first one is one of the least nasty ones ive seen because i’ve seen a lot of them.
this may truly be a fish if i look at the fish taken when it is in the water but when it gets up it looks like it is a fake fish. Like if some child have been playing with playdoo that is pink and made a face with eyes and a big potatoe nose. maybe just pure unluck or the fish is a fake. it looks weird.
. the picture i saw was this one i will paste the picture’s adress http://gfx.aftonbladet-cdn.se/multimedia/dynamic/01121/blobfish_1121572b.jpg
but it can also be a real as i said in the first place
then you understand my first thought it looks fake. i mean it even reminds of a human face with a potatoe nose and a bigmouth. (poor fish and bad human who did this *irony* and a joke even if it was a bad one ^^). :S bleeeeh. *shivers down my spine* well let the scientists decide how real it is
i am still curious about it, it looks so ugly i can’t stop looking at it XD.
well hope to read some more info on the fish later on, wintry greetings from a curious swedish who wanna know everything about it not only where it lives but why and how it makes offspring, what it eats and yeah Everything!
how cute are you? lol
BlobFish are very interesting if you think about it! What I dont get it that you would post picture of a BlobFish out of water! You can also see that it was a female, because eggs r on top!!
How do the photographers survive taking those pics!!!!
oh bolbfish they look like a BIG booger!!
oh ya one time at Band Camp a guy hit me with a Flute !! hahaha.
The Blobfish is not ugly. Creepier/uglier ones:
Dragonfish: http://people.whitman.edu/~yancey/dragonfish.JPG
Headlightfish: http://people.whitman.edu/~yancey/pearleye&headlight.JPG
Hagfish in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRr_MrjebA
awesome, its discusting yet kool, can it move?
join the save the blob fish on facebook
you rock man blobfish are cute and we need to save em
they are so cute!
Those things mate. Wow. How?
we know that the blob fish is ugly but how does it defend it’s self? does it just swim away or does it use its face to scare off the enemy?
Interesting and informative. But, please learn to use comprise and compose correctly. The rules are as follows. The parts compose the whole, the whole comprises the parts. Or, the elements compose the set, the set comprises the elements. “Comprised of” is always wrong, composed of would have been correct. E.g.: The yarn is composed of cotton, nylon, and acrylic. The family comprises four genera and 12 species. Senile individuals compose the entire remaining population.
I am very disappointed in those of u who called me ugly. And don’t make fun of my shedding skin. U make me sad.
well they look sad and lazy but can they really start moving up on the food chain and start coming out of our sink faucets and shower heads? if so im going to start bathing with wet wipes and drink more soft drinks….
well thanks now I’m afraid to take a shower tomorrow morning or drink water a geez just eew because just ewww and better dig out my perfume and dry hair shampoo
OMG! it looks like my neighbor! yet, kinder.
well very informative i didn’t know anything but its name before i read it
ewww thats gross
grossed out
EWWWWWW!!!! its disuting and ugly i hope i never see one in real life!
awww it looks sweet!!
i am also doning a project on the blob and eveybody at school huddels around my desk staring at pictures of it and learning weird facts about it too and my bff told me that its so ugly its cute which is oddly ture
i like your fish its so awsome its cool looking fish
wow. this extraordinary fish had me and my friend rollin laughin! i want one! just so i can laugh EVERY SECOND, hahahahaha!
that fish is so cool, i want one of those
I seen this fish on YouTube and thought it was a fake. Guess not. I think it’s so cute! How can someone say its ugly? It looks just like a human!
does anyone know the intellegence leval of the blob fish? a very curious looking fish…..
The face could almost be described as human
Can anyone please tell me when this fish became “endangered/Extinct” if it indeed did?
can any body tell me that this fish are extinct