“They spend most of their time gently floating around waiting for food to pass in front of them”
These sad-looking creatures, which grow up to lengths of 12 inches, live at depths of 900m.
They spend most of their time gently floating around waiting for food to pass in front of them, which sounds like quite a nice life to us!
Because they live so far from the sea surface they’re not often seen by humans.
However, increasing levels of deep-sea fishing in Australia and Tasmania for crab and lobster mean that the sulky sea-dwellers are being dragged up with other catches in increasing numbers.
These gelatinous masses may not be much to look at, but the world would be a less interesting place without them, probably, so let’s hope the Australians don’t kill them off.
Hmm…more specimens from the primordial ooze…
Oh, my, LOLOLOL!!!!
I call mine, Harry
Oh my gosh! I am gonna have nightmares now! OMG
It kind of looks like Ziggy.
http://joshreads.com/images/07/08/i070823ziggy.png
yes, but does it taste like chicken?
it came from the depths:
http://tinyurl.com/3d5mjs
Deep fried chicken of the sea. Sorry.
I dsagree that they’re liberals of the sea. Seem more like Libertarians to me. They accept whatever the world brings their way. If they were liberals they would write a law demanding that manta rays and octopi give 40% of thier catches to Ziggyfish.
Put on a pair of glasses and some hair and he is a dead ringer for Barney Frank.