So…yea. This is a blobfish. Yep that’s right. A blobfish. Look it up. It’s real! It’s a deep sea fish of the family Psychroluditae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of Australia and Tasmania, as well as New Zealand. They’re typically shorter than 30 cm. they live at depths between 2,000-3,900 ft. Instead of a gas bladder to maintain buoyancy, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water, which allows it to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. It’s relative lack of muscle isn’t a problem since it mostly just swallows any edible matter that floats in its path, such as deep ocean crustaceans. Due to its low density flesh, its appearance is very different when out of water. This sketch is of a blobfish out of water and decompressed. In September 2013 the blobfish was voted “World’s Ugliest Animal” based on its decompressed state. It was also adopted as the mascot of the  Ugly Animal Preservation Society.