Humans do not eat them, but these fish are frequently captured by fishermen trawls and, because of the change in atmospheric pressure, they die once exposed to the air. ![]() A fun fact about the blobfish, it was voted to be the World’s Ugliest Animal in September of 2013 (what an honor, right?)! The blobfish typically eats crustaceans in the deep-ocean, such as crabs, lobsters, mollusks, and even sea urchins. The right photograph is what the blobfish looks like in water (much better I’d say!). The fish has low density flesh, no bones, and little to no muscle, which makes it change shape outside of the high-pressure deep waters it primarily lives in. This fish is usually smaller than 30cm and gets its unfortunate appearance (the left photograph above) only when outside of water. The blobfish is a type of deep sea fish found off the coasts of Australia New Zealand and Tasmania. Despite their usefulness to the ocean, the fear that humans have of the great white shark will always lead us to believe that they are bad.įinally, we get to one of my favorite fish, the blobfish. Sharks help to maintain the ocean’s stability, which is an important part of all ecosystems. This domino effect, so to speak, would continue until the ocean was a big mess of random fish that no one needs around. The numbers of tuna, sea lions, and seals would sky rocket since they would have noticeably less predators, which would deplete their food sources. Now image what would happen to the amounts of these animals if sharks just suddenly disappeared. One of the great white shark’s main food groups is tuna, but they can also consume other sea mammals like sea lions and seals. Great white sharks can be found throughout the world’s oceans, but they are often seen near Australia, Japan, South Africa, and both of the U.S. Sharks, however, are important to the oceans food chain and the maintaining of different species populations. I mean, what 12 year old wants to get eaten by sharks? Probably none. ![]() Her other favorite one was “never swim in the ocean while on your period the sharks can smell the blood and they’ll come”. I know that personally, my Grandmother would give me the: “Be careful how far you swim out, there are sharks in the water” talk before every vacation. Shark attacks and scares are all over the media throughout the summer season and fear has been struck through our hearts since we were children. Sharks in general are well known by their appearance on the news. Widely feared by all, even by the media, is the great white shark. These little crustaceans, despite their name literally translating to be “young fry of fish”, are considered to be good. Krill eat what are known as phytoplankton and sometimes zooplankton. Along with their oceanic purposes, these little creatures are fished around Japan. ![]() Krill also act as a main part in the diet of seals, penguins, squid, and also some types of fish. First, let us consider that krill provide food for more than just whales. Keystone species are incredibly important because without them, the food web as we know it would literally fall to pieces. Krill, however, are what is considered to be a keystone species. This seems like a useless existence like living solely to be feeder to the greater species of the ocean food chain. Krill are well known as being, for lack of a kinder way to phrase it, whale food. The ever important krill, the infamous great white shark, and the unlucky blobfish. For this post I would like to take a look at three very different types of animals.
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