Undertoad Sunday Dec 3 01:28 PMDecember 3, 2006: Mr. Blobby
Axlrosen sends along this bizarre, but wonderful item from the Australian Museum. The official cap:
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A Fathead (genus Psychrolutes) trawled during the NORFANZ expedition at a depth between 1013 m and 1340 m, on the Norfolk Ridge, north-west of New Zealand, June 2003 (AMS I.42771-001). Photo: K. Parkinson © Australian Museum. The scientists and crew on board the RV Tangaroa affectionately called this fish 'Mr Blobby'. Note the parasitic copepod on Mr Blobby's mouth.
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richlevy Sunday Dec 3 01:47 PMZIGGY!
Theres a fish called a fathead? Oh man, this opens up a whole realm of "you are what you eat" jokes.
SydneyBoy Sunday Dec 3 06:34 PMWow, that fish looks strangely human. Reminds me of my old music teacher.
I want to know what it eats. And how does it swim? Are those tiny fins at the back?
hipshot Sunday Dec 3 06:39 PMHe looks somewhat unhappy. Glad to see someone mentioned eating him in the first post, or I would have lost my faith in IOTD posters.
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seakdivers Sunday Dec 3 06:49 PMAwww - he looks so sad! It would be interesting to see what it looks like in the water. I imagine it wouldn't look quite so smooshed up.
zippyt Sunday Dec 3 07:01 PMGuzintite !!!!!
here's a tissue .
I bet it wouldn't fry up that welll.
Griff Sunday Dec 3 08:03 PMProbably explode the fryer eh? I'd want some DNA testing before consumption though, looks a little like Jimmy Hoffa.
tulzscha Sunday Dec 3 10:20 PM"Fathead"? I think that's more specifically a "blobfish" (Psychrolutes marcidus).
It's blobby because it uses gelatinous goo instead of gas bladders for flotation (gas bladders don't work so well ~1000m down...). They just float there in the dark and wait for food to drift by. Sort of the couch potatoes of the fish world, I suppose. Hmm, maybe that's where most of those overboard Doritos disappeared to?
Clodfobble Sunday Dec 3 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by tulzscha
It's blobby because it uses gelatinous goo instead of gas bladders for flotation
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Hey, just like Rob Reiner.
"My goo! My precious goo!!"
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Dec 3 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by hipshot
He looks somewhat unhappy. Glad to see someone mentioned eating him in the first post, or I would have lost my faith in IOTD posters.
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Welcome to the Cellar, hipshot.
hipshot Monday Dec 4 10:31 PMThank you. I have been lurking for a long time. It's not as dark and scary as I thought it would be. Also, the parasitic copepods kind of creep me out.
SPUCK Tuesday Dec 5 05:48 AMThat's Meester Blobby to you!
Shawnee123 Tuesday Dec 5 10:04 AMS'alright? S'alright.
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Dec 5 07:17 PMSeñor Wences!.... is that really you?
footfootfoot Tuesday Dec 5 07:59 PM:kneeslapping:
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