The blobfish, described as the world’s ugliest animal, was named fish of the year in New Zealand.
The being, which grows up to 30 cm long, is lovingly known as Mr. Blobby and is the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Reservation Association.
It has a spherical head and loose, limp skin, and lives in the deep sea, mainly on the southeastern coast of mainland Australia, the Australian island of Tasmania and New Zealand.
The blobfish achieved the annual poll of the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, a non-profit group of environments, and won almost 1,300 out of more than 5.500 votes.
Big white shark. Lying Photo: Istock
The animal, which has a gelatin-like, tadpole-like body, has benefited from a late boom in support of catching the endangered orange rough, another deep sea resident, with nearly 300 votes.
In their natural habitat, on the seabed at depths of about 2,000 feet to 600 m-1,200 m (4,000 feet), blobfish looks like any other fish.
But if brought to the surface, where the water pressure is not high enough to retain their shape, morf blobfish in mushrooms with an unfortunate appearance.
The co-director of the Trust, Kim Jones, described the competition as a battle of two strange deep-sea visits, with the unconventional beauty of the blobfish that helps voters get over the line. “
The whale shark. Pic: ap
The winner’s late run benefited from the support of two New Zealand radio hosts -Sarah Gandy and Paul Flynn, who encouraged their listeners to vote Blobfish.
“We and the people of New Zealand have had enough of other fish that got all the headlines,” the broadcasters said.
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They said that the animal was “bullied his whole life and we thought,” It’s a time when the blobfish have its moment in the sun, “and what a wonderful moment it is!”
A spokesperson for the environmental regaining, which sponsored the Orange Roughy in the race, said it has “no block flower” with the result, and emphasizes that it is “still a victory” for the deep-sea ecosystems and can help raise awareness about the environmental impact of destructive lower trawling.
The long -fin pile, the whale shark and the big white shark were also one of the fish in the top -10.
