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    Blobfish have gelatinous bodies and soft bones that allow them to survive in the deep ocean where water pressure is extremely high. Unlike most fish, they do not have scales but loose skin, large eyes, and a large mouth, with their huge head making up 40% of their body mass. As lie-in-wait predators at the ocean floor, blobfish conserve energy by eating whatever passes by, including brittle stars, anemones, and dead animals.

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    Blobfish have gelatinous bodies and soft bones that allow them to survive in the deep ocean where water pressure is extremely high. Unlike most fish, they do not have scales but loose skin, large eyes, and a large mouth, with their huge head making up 40% of their body mass. As lie-in-wait predators at the ocean floor, blobfish conserve energy by eating whatever passes by, including brittle stars, anemones, and dead animals.

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    Blobfish have gelatinous bodies and soft bones that allow them to survive in the deep ocean where water pressure is extremely high. Unlike most fish, they do not have scales but loose skin, large eyes, and a large mouth, with their huge head making up 40% of their body mass. As lie-in-wait predators at the ocean floor, blobfish conserve energy by eating whatever passes by, including brittle stars, anemones, and dead animals.

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    Blobfish

    Blobfish
    • Blobfishes have jellylike bodies
    with soft bones. These features
    help keep them from getting
    crushed in the ocean depths,
    where the water pressure is
    extremely strong.
    • In fact, that pressure keeps the
    blobfish's body in a shape
    recognizable as a fish. Blobfishes
    do not voluntarily leave the
    ocean depths.
    Why are they strange?
    • Unlike many other fish species,
    blobfish don’t have scales -
    instead, they have loose, flabby
    skin. With large black eyes, a
    large mouth, and a bulbous nose,
    the blobfish features a huge head
    that makes up 40 percent of its
    body mass.
    • These deep-ocean swimmers
    have a single closed circulatory
    system.
    What do they eat?
    • These animals are lie-in-
    wait predators, meaning they
    sit at the bottom of the ocean
    and eat anything that passes
    by, such as brittle stars,
    anemones, and carrion. This
    allows them to preserve
    energy, which is key to their
    survival.
    Thanks for your attention!

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