What is the ugliest animal you've ever seen? Is it a crested dog, a proboscis monkey or a baby fish? In fact, there is an animal that is recognized by many as the ugliest animal, and even 7 years ago, it was elected as the mascot of the "Ugly Biological Protection Society" with the advantage of thousands of votes, and was rated as the ugliest animal in the world! It is the drip fish, also known as the sad fish.
Although this title is really not very embarrassing for people to show off, but people seem to open the door to a new world, it turns out that there are still such ugly animals living on the earth where we live, and once made the water drop fish famous, the original ugly to the extreme is really amazing!
However, the Ugly Creature Conservation Society's selection of the ugliest animal and the Golden Raspberry Award are two concepts, and it is indeed not a malicious smear on the reputation of the water drop fish, but to better protect this animal. Cute little animals can indeed arouse people's compassion, but what about ugly animals? In fact, they also deserve to be loved by people, and many ugly small animals are already facing extinction, and the water drip fish is one of them.
The same animals, but have different fates, not every animal facing extinction has a cute appearance like koalas and platypus, so in order to call on people to protect those animals that are ugly but endangered, the United Kingdom established the Ugly Creatures Conservation Association 8 years ago. In order to increase publicity, this contest of ugliness between creatures was held.
Not surprisingly, the water drop fish stood out from the fierce rivals, with a total of nearly a thousand votes, and animals such as proboscis monkeys and pig-nosed frogs were all willing to bow to the wind. It has also successfully aroused people's desire to protect the water drop fish. The droplet fish is indeed shockingly ugly, and from a distance and up close, it is an indescribable lump of flesh, with a huge nose, a large mouth, and a melancholy look in its eyes, as if it is always sullen because of something.
And this appearance satisfies all the fantasies of alien creatures. Therefore, in the science fiction movie "Men in Black", there was a figure of a water drop fish, and the water drop fish starring in alien creatures did not need special effects makeup, as long as they lay down, it was a living alien creature.
Originally, the character modeling in the movie has made the director rack his brains, but when he saw the water drop fish, he let it play in its true color, which also showed from the side how "amazing" it really was. Although it looks unique, the water drop fish is indeed a real creature of the earth. They are a deep-sea fish belonging to the Cryptocephalus family.
Mainly living in the ocean near Australia near more than 1000 meters deep, the length can reach more than thirty centimeters, also known as bobo fish, sad fish, it is like the game of monster slime, almost no muscle on the body, full of jelly-like fatty substances, it does not have swim bladders, but it lives in the deep sea, so this fat plays a vital role.
The drip fish can already dive into the deep sea without the help of the swim bladder. The water pressure at more than 1,000 meters can crush any ordinary organism, and the swim bladder of deep-sea fish is difficult to carry out normal work, and it is easy to rupture, so the droplet fish has degenerated the fish maw, resisting the pressure with jelly-like substances in the body, and the density of this substance is smaller than that of seawater.
The bones of the drip fish are also very soft, so its body ductility is very good, which can keep the drip fish floating and alleviate the damage caused by the strong water pressure.
Back 17 years ago, the dripfish was first found off the coast of New Zealand, and then preserved in an antiseptic liquid, and it also has a deep-sea parasite in its mouth, and since then, this image has been imprinted in the minds of human beings. However, it is possible that the appearance of real droplet fish is really not like this, and humans have not seen real water drop fish in the deep sea so far.
Because there is no support for hard bones and muscle shaping, when they are fished out of the sea, the pressure will be rapidly and suddenly reduced, resulting in the body of the droplet fish quickly becoming larger and becoming a pool of mud. Therefore, scientists speculate that the real water drop fish may be a little "handsome", at least not so sad. In the same way, if humans lived in the deep sea and returned to the ground in an instant, they might become as large as elephants.
Although humans have not seen the true face of the droplet fish in the sea, but their "cousins" cryptocephalus, we have clearly observed, so we can also imagine what the drip fish really looks like.
Their habits are similar to those of the trout, they are all fish waiting for food to be delivered, and in the deep sea where food is scarce, saving physical strength is definitely a technical task. Shellfish and jellyfish are on top of their recipes, and as long as they can be eaten and brought to their mouths, they will not let go.
But they are not a kind of edible fish themselves, although they are all fatty substances in the body like octopuses, but who wants to eat them like jelly, in comparison, octopus tastes much better. And the meat of the drip fish is also toxic, so humans are reluctant to eat them.
Although not economically edible fish, they are also facing extinction, with human fishing, many drip fish are caught ashore, but once out of the deep sea environment, they will die, accompanied by symptoms of stress reduction, their bodies will rapidly expand, and then die.
Even if they were immediately put back into the sea, they would not be able to return to the deep sea, so scientists expect that the dripfish are now on the verge of extinction. So, the cultural relics feel that humans should still properly control deep-sea fishing operations, so as to protect the habitat of the dripfish as much as possible, so that our descendants can also have the opportunity to see this creature, what do you think?