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Blobfish<br />

Have you heard of a blobfish? It is very rare and must be one of the most<br />

unusual creatures ever found in the sea.<br />

This fish is so unusual that there are very few people who have ever seen<br />

one. This is because it lives in the deepest parts of the ocean. Its home<br />

is so deep down below the surface that it’s always dark there. Light just<br />

can’t get through all the water above it to reach the sea floor.<br />

This strange creature looks a bit like a giant tadpole. It has a large head<br />

which thins out to a point at the tail. <strong>The</strong>re are small fins on both sides.<br />

A blobfish is made of a kind of jelly. It grows to about 30 centimetres in<br />

length.<br />

Because a blobfish doesn’t need to go and get food, it doesn’t have to<br />

move about much. Its jelly-like flesh weighs less than water which means<br />

it is lighter and it can float very easily without a lot of effort. It likes to<br />

float very deep, just above the bottom of the ocean. It has a very big<br />

mouth which it opens wide to collect any food which just happens to be<br />

floating by.<br />

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<strong>The</strong> first person to discover one of these amazing sea creatures, nearly<br />

one hundred years ago, was a famous Australian zoologist called Alan<br />

McCulloch. He gave it its name.<br />

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Blobfish may look very ugly and some people might think they are<br />

scary, but they are really just harmless, but very interesting, blobs of jelly.<br />

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