Wednesday 27 January 2010

Weird wildlife I- Extinction of "The Blobfish"?

.. it sounds (and, frankly, looks)like something from a science fiction film,
but the Blobfish- Psychrolutes marcidus-is very real. The weird but certainly not beuatiful deep water fish that lives off the coast of Australia and Tasmania is sadly now threatened with extinction, due to changes in fishing practices, as this news article explains-

http://news.uk.msn.com/odd-news/features/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=151895604

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