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Meet the Blobfish
Discovery.com ^
| June 15, 2015
| Danny Clemens
Posted on 06/16/2015 3:12:39 PM PDT by ETL
Don't let the blobfish's permanent, miserable scowl fool you: it's actually a pretty harmless creature.
Endemic to the deep waters off of mainland Australia, the blobfish is comprised mainly of gelatinous flesh. Due to the low density of its flesh, the innocuous blobfish floats leisurely near the ocean floor, quietly gobbling down small crustaceans and other edible matter that floats into its mouth. According to NOAA, that's about all it can do -- it has very little muscle, so actively hunting prey is nearly impossible.
The shocking little creature grows to be approximately a foot long. Because they live at such deep depths, there is very little information about the population of blobfish. Some experts, however, fear that the fish could be facing extinction: according to writer Michael Hearst, the blobfish is commonly the victim of bycatch from seafloor trawlers.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: blobfish; blobs
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:35:37 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: freedomlover
Stop picking on Russel Wilson!
Oh, wait...that isn’t a SeaHag.
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:38:08 PM PDT
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
To: SunTzuWu
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:38:38 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:39:58 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: freedomlover
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:51:08 PM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: ETL
Some experts, however, fear that the fish could be facing extinction
Of course. An expert... That means we need a MASSIVE government program and the expert needs a huge government grant to study.
To: ETL
the blobfish is comprised mainly of gelatinous flesh. Just like Rosie O'Donuts.
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:52:01 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
To: ETL
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:58:04 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: colorado tanker
Im not sure even a mother could love that mug.What about one of these then?
Blobfish mugs.
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posted on
06/16/2015 3:58:40 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:01:06 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: JoeProBono
__________________________________________Burb!_______________________________________________
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:02:31 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
I was expecting at least one Helen Thomas photo.
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:04:14 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For views of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: ETL; JoeProBono
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:05:00 PM PDT
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Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: ETL
Are those a real thing or photoshop?
To: MtnClimber
I hope no one here stoops THAT low.
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:05:27 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: colorado tanker
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:08:05 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: RightGeek
how much do you think plastic surgeons will charge to make a person look like the celebrity blobfish? Could this become the latest look for some of the avant-garde starlets in Hollywood? someone who is claiming protected rights as a trans-specie facing extinction, because of the limited roles available for s/he/it in most of today’s LA film productions.
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:18:53 PM PDT
by
IWONDR
To: RightGeek
A canklefish. How revolting is that?
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:20:25 PM PDT
by
beelzepug
(liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
To: Disambiguator
Buddy Hackett comes to mind for me.
To: ETL
Michael Moore’s first child?
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posted on
06/16/2015 4:26:28 PM PDT
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
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