![]() ![]() The fish make their nests in the rocky sea floor and stern-faced dads are fiercely protective of their young. It can grow up to more than two feet in length, and eats small marine invertebrates. The newly crowned mascot is also known as the "blob sculpin" and the "fathead sculpin." It lives at depths of over 1000 meters off coasts of California and Australia in the Pacific. That, and "it's the ultimate couch potato." The proboscis monkey was also a finalist. There’s no other snail in the world armored like the Crysomallon squamiferum, which lives over hydrothermal vents deep in the Indian Ocean. ![]() His favorite blobfish talent "has to be the glum look it's got," he told NBC News. Unlike their terrestrial namesake, sea pigs are small, soft-bodied creatures that move using tube-like feet. "I think it did win the fight well," Watt, himself a fan of the blue-grey taildropper slug, conceded. Sea pigs are a type of sea cucumber found in deep-sea environments. Talk to Simon Watt, the UAPS's President for Life, and he will tell you that the "panda gets too much attention." He leads a group of comedians and science presenters who introduce the world to endangered species that folks would rather not look at. Can an Brad Wilson, DVM / Getty Images/Flickr RM In its natural habitat its as attractive as any other fish, but when the blobfish was first hauled up from the ocean floor and exposed to the world in 2003, it was heralded as the worlds ugliest species. The blobfish took home a thumping victory by more than 10,000 votes, according to the BBC. As a deep-sea creature, the blobfish relies on the pressure from the billions of gallons of ocean water overhead to help it keep its shape.
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