BLOBFISH

5 COOL FACTS

• The Blobfish has no bladder
• They don’t have any muscles in it’s body
• They are found at depths where the water pressure is dozens of times higher than at sea level
• They reach lengths up to 27.5 inches
• Extremely rare to come by

MORE COOL FACTS

• It comes from the psychrolutidae family
• It’s scientific name is psychrolutes marcidus
• What is the reason of a Blobfish being so misunderstood is because out of water it is Blobby and ugly but in water you wouldn’t know it was a Blobfish
• They still remain a mystery because your face or thousands of people at sea level still a lot we’ve yet to learn about these JellO like members of the animal kingdom
• Scientist still don’t know how long blob fish live or how they reproduce

WHAT IS ITS HABITAT

• The Blobfish lives in the waters of Tasmania Australia and New Zealand

FUN FACTS

• The blob fish came into the spotlight as a result of it’s highly unusual features which resembled a miserable man
• It’s weird body shape and head adorned with a huge nose frown, along with its tiny and sad looking eyes make make it one of the most unique looking sea creatures in the world
• Remember though that the blob fish is only ugly when Removed from its habitat. in the deep sea it looks like a regular fish definitely not meriting the ‘ugliest animal’ status

WHAT IS IT’S PREY?

• It mostly crabs, pens, and M0LLUSKES
• They get their food by floating and eating anything that passes by
• Sometimes it waits it it’s the trash

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Ugly
• Big nose
• Pink blob (only out of water)
• Black puplils that bulg out of its face
• The lips are large and highly pink

WHAT IS A BLOB FISH‘S PREDATOR?

• BlobFish aren’t eaten too much by sea animals
• If sea animals do eat the blobfish they will of course die from the acid like skin
• Only fisher men catch the blobfish in a net not trying to only trying to catch lobsters and small fish

ANIMALS THAT LIVE HERE

• Tasmanian devil
• Wombat
• PADEmelon
• Dolphin
• Little penguin
• WHALEs
• Platypus

PLANTS THAT LIVE HERE

• PANdani
• DECIDOUSBEECH (FAGUS)
• HUON pine

ADAPTATIONS

• Gelatinous flesh
• To you lazy to even smile
• No bones

CLIMATE AND WEATHER

• Summer temperatures are between 17 and 23°C
• Winter temperatures are between 3 and 11°C

YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I HAVE AWNSERS

• How many blobfish are left in the world?
• There are only 420 blob fish left in the world
• Do blob fish mate?
• It is thought that female blog fish do not have normal mating schedule, and often Mate whenever a male blobfish crosses by
• What is the population life expectancy?
• the life expectancy of a blob fish is around 130 years
• Can you eat the blob fish?
• No, you cannot eat it as others have said, there is no muscle so you would be eating an extremely chewy and fatty mass in addition the blobfish has a natural defence of acid like skin so predators do not continue to eat it’s currently endangered species

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