"Look mom! They are snuggling!"

Parker woke up this morning and all he wanted to do was Google deep sea fish. While we were doing it Carson was sitting with us and when we came to this photo...

...Carson pointed to it and said, "Oooohhhhh. Look mom. They are so cute. They are snuggling!" He must not have noticed the scary grotesque-ness of the Blobfish. Apparently Carson does not have a problem with 'judging a book by its cover'. :)

Incidentally, this is Parker's favorite new deep sea fish! He thinks it looks like an old man.

Blobfish

Blobfish are found at depths where the pressure is several dozens of times higher than at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient. To remain buoyant, the flesh of the Blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming.