The Blobfish

Let me introduce you to the most regal creature in the sea:

Is he actually drooling?

That nose!   Those lips!   That chin!

After I stopped laughing at the sight of this dignified animal, here is what I learned:

These natural beauties live at depths of 2,000 - 3,900 feet off the coast of Australia and New Zealand. The pressure down there is 120 times higher than at sea level, meaning the normal swim bladder (air sac used for buoyancy and balance) found in most fish would be popped by the great pressure.

The blobfish compensated for his lack of a swim bladder by becoming flabby. He became so flabby that his fat is less dense than water. So, like a fat kid breezily floating in a pool eating his Cool Ranch Dorritos, the blobfish easily skims above the ocean floor, mouth open, catching edibles floating by.

Rachel Smith, post-Thanksgiving meal, 2012

Bobby Blobby here was awarded the title of "World's Ugliest Animal" in 2013, but I came across an article staunchly refuting this title. Like a lady removing her Spanx, taking a creature from an area of extreme high pressure to an area of low pressure removes the very thing that was holding it in, and suddenly he's left to all hang out.

This is what the blobfish actually looks like with his invisible pressurized Spanx on: