It Could Be Worse You Could Be A Blobfish Funny Fish Meme T-Shirt

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But sculpin specimens are rare, and we don’t have enough to compare and contrast physical features and make a definitive identification. We take intellectual property concerns very seriously, but many of these problems can be resolved directly by the parties involved. Google Trend data shows that the blobfish spiked in fall 2013 when mainstream news outlets reported that the blobfish was crowned “World’s Ugliest Animal,” a competition run by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society. Looking for a gift idea for marine biologist who loves weird and ugly fish like the blobfish for a costume for halloween? Advances in technology mean scientists can now capture video footage of the fish hanging out in the deep, dark depths.But I can't help thinking that I kick-started this revived interest and thus even raised awareness that the blobfish is facing extinction. It's not just any meme generator; it's a homage to the world’s most unintentionally humorous fish, the blobfish, a. Parkinson photographed it in the standard fashion for fish specimens: with the head pointing to the left and tail to the right, alongside a colour chart, scale bar and registration number.

The deep-sea paparazzi has revealed that blobfish are ambush predators – lying in wait for a tasty mollusc morsel – and they also lay eggs and guard their nest.

It was all hands on deck literally, in our steel cap boots and hard hats and gear to get all the specimens to the sorting lab,” remembers Kerryn Parkinson, ichthyologist at the Australian Museum. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. I was expecting this to be more outrageous than it actually is and it turned out to be a whole mountain of nothing. Ecologist Kerryn Parkinson snapped a photo of a particularly bizarre-looking pink fish among their discovery.

Don't get me wrong, the cult of the blobfish has been around for ages - just google its name and you'll find countless motivators have already been made, all extolling the virtues of our lumpy friend. First of all, never flirt with, ask out, or request a number from, a girl who has her hair died some bright, ridiculous color. This also seems very different to the New Guy ones since the artist is not even the double-down kind of artist. I think the height of newfound blobfish hysteria was finally reached when Mr Blobfish featured in the Daily Telegraph of all places, and a Twitter friend in Vietnam posted a link to the article. Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Preservation will very slightly shrink the specimen, so his external skin has tightened and it looks more like a tadpole shape,” says Parkinson. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. But, she concedes, she does work in an environment where she gets to see lots of strange, otherworldly creatures. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy.

In 2010, Australian TV panel show The Gruen Transfer latched onto the blobfish , labelling it “one of God’s ugliest, laziest and most miserable creatures”.The woman, carrying the titular blobfish, looks uncomfortable and the blobfish says "I'll get that asshole" as it pulls out a knife. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. The animal often pops up on lists of the strangest and most bizarre animals and, in casual speech and writing, is sometimes used to make someone feel better about their appearance (e. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Psychrolutes marcidus, better known as the blobfish, is a type of deep-sea fish discovered along with over 100 other species in a 2003 expedition off New Zealand.