https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9 Made with fear of what else loves in the depths en-us 2018-12-05 16:43:09 UTC 2026-03-09 09:41:16 UTC hello@padlet.com matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311462076 Psychrolutes marcidus

]]> 2018-12-05 16:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311462076 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311462598 Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Psychrolutes
Species: marcidus]]> 2018-12-05 16:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311462598 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311467259 A Blobfish is usually very fat, bloated and usually ugly. It is a pinkish color The pupils are black and they bulge out of the face. The lips are large and highly pink. Its nose droops down over its mouth. The Blobfish is under 30 centimeters big]]> 2018-12-05 17:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311467259 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311470348 Blobfish rarely move unless food is found nearby, otherwise they will wait for prey to come close. They eat sea urchins, mollusks, crabs, lobsters, microscopic bacteria, sea pens and other slow-moving ocean bottom feeders. A Blobfish barely moves at all when feeding. Some Blobfish will die simply of starvation.   

]]> 2018-12-05 17:07:11 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311470348 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311471192  the blob fish lives on the bottom of the ocean in australian and tasmanian waters.]]> 2018-12-05 17:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311471192 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311473878 Female Blob fish will lay thousands of eggs at once, and it will stay with its egg floating above the sea floor. Sometimes a female Blob fish can be found lying eggs next to another female species.]]> 2018-12-05 17:13:16 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311473878 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311475330 Blobfish can live up to 130 years although many die before that.]]> 2018-12-05 17:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311475330 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311480621  Blobfish are closely related to sculpins which are a little like tadpoles.]]> 2018-12-05 17:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311480621 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311484252 Scientist say the blobfish population is declining due to increased deep sea trawling.]]> 2018-12-05 17:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311484252 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311485402 The blobfish lacks the swim bladder found in most species of fish, an air sac that allows the fish to adjust and control buoyancy.

]]> 2018-12-05 17:31:40 UTC https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311485402 matthew_stowe981 https://padlet.com/matthew_stowe981/960s546dt4w9/wish/311486627 At their native depth, it is believed the blobfish has a more “normal” appearance. At the surface, without the water pressure to hold their shape, they appear to melt into a puddle of goo.

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