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Can you have a blobfish as a pet?
Blobfish are wild animals, and therefore should not be pets. But even if you tried to have one as a pet, they could not survive in the average aquarium environment because they require the heavy pressure of deep ocean water on their bodies to survive – in other words – to keep them from blobbing out.
Do blobfish bite you?
The creature’s unusual appearance caused some concern, including questions of whether this fish could bite. Thankfully, the blobfish poses little threat to humans. Not only does it lack teeth for biting but few humans will ever come in contact with a living specimen.
What are blobfish natural predators?
Blobfish do not have any known predators in their natural habitat but humans are their biggest threat. The blobfish is often caught in trawling nets by fisherman.
What are Blobfishes natural predators?
What are blobfish fun facts?
Blobfish grow to about 12 inches long. The female lays thousands of small pink eggs on the seafloor. Either the female or male blobfish will sit on the eggs to protect them from predators. The blobfish lacks the swim bladder found in most species of fish, an air sac that allows the fish to adjust and control buoyancy.
What happens to a blobfish when it comes to the surface?
In its normal habitat, which is 2,000 to 4,000 feet underwater, the pressure there makes it look like any ordinary fish. But as it is brought up to the surface, caught in fishermen’s trawling nets, the pressure of the water decreases and the blobfish begins to lose its shape.
Why are jellyfish not blobs underwater?
They are not blobs underwater because of the extreme pressures, which are 60 -120 times that at sea level, which apply at the depths they inhabit. They do not have a full skeleton for one thing. They also don’t have anything you could call a muscle. Their flesh is more gelatinous, something like that of jellyfish.
Do blobfish have a swim bladder?
Blobfish don’t have much bone or muscle, instead allowing the extreme pressure of the deep sea to provide their bodies structural support. 3. THEY DON’T HAVE A SWIM BLADDER. To stay buoyant, most fish have something called a swim bladder. These internal air sacs allow fish to maneuver through the water without sinking.
What do blobfish eat?
For survival, the blobfish basically hangs out right above the ocean floor, moving its mouth to catch its food. Its diet consists mainly of mollusks and crabs that happen to cross its path. Because they live so deep in the water, we haven’t been able to learn too much about them. Their lifespan and reproductive habits are unknown to us.