BLOB, BLOBFISH?

Blob, big blob, fat blob, or just plain blobby. That’s what people call fat people like myself. Sure we are called many other things and if you’re like me you kind of get used to it.

But I just came upon an animal that truly is a blob. It is called a blob fish. It can be found off the bottom of the ocean near the mainland of Australia and Tasmania. These animals live in the depths of the ocean where the pressure is many times that of sea level. Most fish have a gas bladder that keeps them afloat, but these crazy animals have no gas bladder because at these depths it would be inefficient.

To remain buoyant, the blob fish is actually a gelatinous mass, with a density slightly less than water and this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without having to swim. It seems to serve no purpose, other than to amaze people like me.

I have enclosed some pictures of this unbelievable fat blob and you will see what’s so amazing about it is that it looks just like an old man. It has a face with a nose and the characteristics of the human. Magnificent isn’t it?

What’s even more remarkable is that this animal, that has absolutely no use to man, is becoming endangered because it is getting caught in the fishnets of the commercial fishermen. What hasn’t man tried to screw with?

Thanks

CHICAGOFATPHIL