Saturday, February 6, 2010

Extinction Threatens World's Butt-Ugliest Fish

From Treehugger:

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Photo: Sad and blobby blobfish (Greenpeace)


Without the redeeming good looks of other endangered species, the rather unfortunate-looking but aptly-named blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) may not figure in anyone's glitzy conservation campaign. Nevertheless, the fact is that this jiggly, jelly-like creature is threatened with extinction, thanks to the overfishing antics of deep sea trawlers scraping the bottom of Australian and New Zealand waters.

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