Blobfish voted as Worlds Ugliest Animal

The blobfish, a squat, pink, gelatinous deep sea creature, is the new face of endangered species after being voted the global mascot of a conservation group called the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.

The unsightly fish beat out a giant parrot called the kakapo, a Mexican amphibian called the axolotl, the wrinkly Titicaca water frog, the proboscis monkey and seven other candidates in a two-week online vote, the society announced Thursday at the British Science Festival in Newcastle, England.

“We love the panda, but we think it gets far too much attention,” said Jon Fitzmaurice, who volunteers as the project manager for the Ugly AnimalPreservation Society and also works for the British ScienceAssociation.

“Loads of other animals are just as important. The problem is a lot of them are quite ugly. People don’t want to put them on t-shirts and in commercials.”

According to the society, the blobfish spends its life "gently bobbing around" the ocean at depths of 600 to 1200 metres, dining on crabs and lobsters, and its gelatinous look is a result of adaptations that help it maintain its buoyancy. It adds that although blobfish are inedible to humans, they are threatened by fishing trawlers that accidentally catch them while fishing for tastier species. see more...

Source: cbc

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