Blobfish Endangered by Australian Deep-Sea Trawling

I guess we know now why they look so depressed.

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The world's most miserable-looking fish is in danger of becoming extinct, according to scientists.Scientists fear the blobfish, which can grow up to 12 inches, is in
danger of being wiped out by over-fishing in its south eastern Australian habitat.


The fish, which lives at depths of up to 800m, is rarely seen by humans but it lives at the same depths as other ocean organisms, such as crabs and
lobsters and other edible sea creatures. As a result the fish, which is inedible, is being dragged up with other catches by trawler fishermen.

Nooooo! Not the blobfish! If the blobfish goes extinct, so also will the meme die!

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"The Australian and New Zealand deep trawling fishing fleets are some of the most active in the world so if you are a blobfish then it is not a
good place to be.

"A very large amount of the deep sea is under threat from bottom trawling which is one of the most destructive forms of fishing."

He added: "There are some deep water protected areas around sea mounts in the Southern Ocean but that is only really to protect coral and not the
blobfish.

Poor sweet emo fish, what shall become of ye? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Restrict free speech and race relations all you want, Australia, but leave the blobfish alone! They are of a more noble ilk than you can even begin to fathom!

I'm sorry. I read this fragment

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Scientists fear the blobfish

and started laughing uncontrollably.

Noooo, my favorite phlegm-like animal!

It looks like a melting Mr. Saturn.

It's an actual animal?

D: But I love the blobfish!

Salamas wrote:

It's an actual animal?

As shooped as it looks, yes. They look that way because they're one of the deep-deep sea dwellers and the pressure was unkind to their evolution.

DAMNIT AUSTRALIA.

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No, don't kill the Bloobers! What will Mario fight in the next franchise? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Australia is becoming the worst place ever.

MORE LIKE AUS"FAIL"IA AMIRITE

GODDAMMIT

THIS THE LAST STRAW

I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING AMERICAN LIKE WEAR A SHIRT WITH A PICTURE OF A BLOBFISH

I WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS DESTRUCTION OF NATURALLY SAD-LOOKING CREATURES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HUG

Australia is the international Florida.

Dick Powers wrote:

Australia is the international Florida.

You son of a bitch I was like, three seconds away from posting that.

WHY AM I SO SLOOOOOOW

Anyway, I already said it in the boobies thread.

Poor blobfish. We should release a charity single or something.

Miss Prince wrote:

It looks like a melting Mr. Saturn.

I wasn't the only one who thought that then.

I, too, thought of Mr. Saturn.

Those things are horrendously adorable! I love them! Forget the whales, save the blobfish!

ARGH WHAT

I clicked on that link expecting something that looked like this- (caution: crappy Paint pic ahead)

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-and I got a soggy blancmange with eyes. They do have a certain charm once you get past the initial reaction though.

IT'S ADOR...ab...le. What.

Oh God, I'm so superficial.

By all means, I do hope conservation efforts save the poor thing, but I'm going to go feel ashamed of myself for a few minutes.

Miss Prince wrote:

It looks like a melting Mr. Saturn.

Holy crap. You're right. It didn't occur to me.

Do be honest, my reaction to the picture was two parts "D'awww" and one part SHEER STARK TERROR. Nature is one twisted bitch, s'all I'm saying.

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TBH it scares me :C

It looks like an ex-boss of mine.

OH GOD SO CUTE

WHYYYY

I showed it to my boyfriend, and he was like, "It looks like a sad person. Awwww."

So long and thanks for all the Blobfish.