Gloppy blobfish wins ugliest endangered animal
Deborah Netburn
September 12, 2013, 1:01 p.m.
The public has voted, and the sad-faced blobfish has been declared the ugliest endangered animal on the planet.
Some have said the gelatinous deep-sea dweller that can grow up to 12 inches long resembles a mini-Jabba the Hutt. We think it also looks like a gloppy version of the comic strip character Ziggy.
British comedian Paul Foot, who campaigned for the blobfish in a video posted to YouTube, said he saw a sadness and wisdom in the blobfish's face. "The eyes are kind, and very wise," he says in the video. "There is a brain in there."
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