"World's Ugliest Animal"
Psychrolutes marcidus
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The Blobfish
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Rachel Caauwe
The blobfish is a deep sea fish
that inhabits the deep waters off
the coasts of mainland Australia
and Tasmania, as well as the
waters of New Zealand.
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Blobfish are typically shorter than
30 cm. They live at depths
between 600 and 1,200 m (2,000
and 3,900 ft) where the pressure
is several dozen times higher than
at sea level, which would likely
make gas bladders inefficient for
maintaining buoyancy.
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Instead, the flesh of the blobfish is
primarily a gelatinous mass with a
density slightly less than water; this
allows the fish to float above the
sea floor without expending energy
on swimming.
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Its relative lack of muscle is not a
disadvantage as it primarily
swallows edible matter that floats
in front of it such as deep-ocean
crustaceans.
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Due to its low density flesh,
the blobfish's shape is very
different when it is out of
water. Its unappealing looks
have created much discussion
in media outlets
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In September 2013 the blobfish
was voted the “World's Ugliest
Animal,” based on photographs
of decompressed specimens, and
adopted as the mascot of the
Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
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Humanity has judged the blobfish
by its appearance.
Does God do us that way?
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But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look
not on his countenance, or on the
height of his stature; because I have
refused him: for the LORD seeth not as
man seeth; for man looketh on the
outward appearance, but the LORD
looketh on the heart.
(1 Samuel 16:7)
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Isaiah wrote this about Jesus:
For he shall grow up before him
as a tender plant, And as a root
out of a dry ground: He hath no
form nor comeliness; And when
we shall see him, there is no
beauty that we should desire him.
(Isaiah 53:2)
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Let us never judge people by the way
that God has made them or allowed
them to be. God looks upon the heart
and if that is good enough for him, it
should be good enough for us!
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