Blobfish Facts: They're NOT the UGLIEST Animals

Blobfish Facts: They're NOT the UGLIEST Animals | Animal Fact Files

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Blobfish have been named the ugliest animal on earth, but this is truly an unfair statement. Sure the iconic blobfish picture looks a little rough, but you probably would too if you were EXPLODED! Learn more blobfish facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!
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@AnimalFactFiles Жыл бұрын

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@gormm1709 5 жыл бұрын

so unfair to deem them ugliest animal based on their appearance out of the water.

@AnimalFactFiles 5 жыл бұрын

I've always found their squishy nature kind of adorable, personally.

@AmazingAutist 5 жыл бұрын

Idk, seeing them _in_ the water ain't much improvement...

@abcdeniseb 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing Autist there ain't much difference as well when i compare you to them

@TheDecentGamers 5 жыл бұрын

Yea... they look so cute in water :D. I think they are cute outside to ;)

@SicParvisMagna6 4 жыл бұрын

Gorm m ikr! I almost feel bad for them hahah.

@lord_bobanewname4069 4 жыл бұрын

This is like calling Humans "crush apes" after being put deep underwater with the high pressure

@indridcold8433 3 жыл бұрын

Trust me when I say I am ugly at the edge of outer space, at sea level, and at the bottom of the Challenger Deep. Some people have ugliness that transcends any environment they happen to be.

@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@sugabatzpizu5725 2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣 crush apes!!! I love it!!

@yazheed3055 2 жыл бұрын

Yea that could work but with the blobfish,its the opposite,its depressurisation from deep underwater to the surface

@pixwool 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if aliens called us what we looked like when we exploded in space

@yomother8067 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if we didn't care?

@rusticbb8 3 жыл бұрын

@@yomother8067 didnt ask

@wtfvon2673 3 жыл бұрын

@@rusticbb8 we didn't ask for your reply but ok

@tree0137 3 жыл бұрын

Glaze96 AJ we didn't ask for you calling another person rude

@LTD538 3 жыл бұрын

These replies are petty asf lol.

@maikelchris3043 4 жыл бұрын

Put a human on the moon without suit and you'll get a blob human...

@nurulwahyunis1206 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@shadonovic 3 жыл бұрын

You'll get a dead human more like

@annashal6010 3 жыл бұрын

Exaclty or put a human in the abyss and report it above the water and u have another blob human

@secretsniffthecheeseslice5295 2 жыл бұрын

not really

@tjay2586 2 жыл бұрын

@haydenmitchell8668 4 жыл бұрын

at school i made a clay blobfish, and now its our class mascot

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

That's amazing! Yay for blobfish!!

@baconwizard969 3 жыл бұрын

Yay

@t-rexstudioproductions781 3 жыл бұрын

But it the clay one looks soggy

@FeedTheTeethMachine 3 жыл бұрын

Good job dude👌

@ducky2686 3 жыл бұрын

I literally just did this today for a science project it’s life-size too

@wetsocks4460 4 жыл бұрын

Sad how they’re called ugly after some fishers pulled it up from amazing depths and pressures at light speed then they say “ew bruh why you so ugly, play do headass” unfair as hell

@yomother8067 3 жыл бұрын

Change their name then Since there are so many people that absolutely hate the name, why dont you change it

@Armored_Muskrat 2 жыл бұрын

Well, most people don't know that, so it's difficult to call it "unfair." Inaccurate, yes, but you can't expect the average person to know the details without being told.

@sherrymorgan2254 4 жыл бұрын

Rude these blobfish are pretty as handsome sqwidward

@esmewoahh 4 жыл бұрын

squidward is my cousin

@theworthysoul 3 жыл бұрын

Blobfish aren’t ugly. They only become ugly because we pulled them rapidly through different pressures so quickly that they suffered severe tissue damage.

@Airman_Haz Жыл бұрын

Ya we are so cruel to animals but all we have to do is understand science and put the fish back or at least put the fish in some dang water for crying out loud

@Keznen Жыл бұрын

@elyes videos of games Unfortunately once it gets to that severe a state of decompression, it's already too late for the poor fish. There needs to be big changes to the fishing industry to protect animals like blobfish from such horrible fates.

@mysticaceballos 5 жыл бұрын

sad boys

@darkwerewolfexe1198 5 жыл бұрын

Mystica Ceballos they actually look sad tho

@ch34pwoowoo7 4 жыл бұрын

Mystica Ceballos i think they’re cute and looks a bit sad 😞

@zoologistvince2664 4 жыл бұрын

bois*

@pierre-jean-jacques3050 5 жыл бұрын

It's completely adorable in its natural habitat!

@cobo8454 2 жыл бұрын

Yeh blob fish are one of my favorite animal idk why they calling them ugly, they so cute.

@daisuki9296 2 жыл бұрын

Ye, they should stay there 🤗(🤢)

@gotzenutz 2 жыл бұрын

i know right!

@chaoticfish4017 5 жыл бұрын

1:24 such amazing art Describes what they do perfectly xD Nice video like always and keep up the great work

@AnimalFactFiles 5 жыл бұрын

Sometimes we have to get creative. ;) Thanks for watching!

@ch34pwoowoo7 4 жыл бұрын

Zgrly Fish as soon as the prey touch they’re skin ,they DISAPEAR

@frrf4695 4 жыл бұрын

So if mermaid actually do exist and live in the depth of the ocean, they wouldn't look as pretty as we imagined them on the surface.

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

I think that's a very fair point.

@Someone-ish 4 жыл бұрын

Yo mama so fat

@iamadarkfox 4 жыл бұрын

oOf xd But there is beliefs that they would live near the surface at least so idk that is if they exist in the first place

@ariscosollover73 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 logic.

@AceofDlamonds 3 жыл бұрын

They dont exist. Of course not.

@CTAigis 5 жыл бұрын

Aww, they're adorable!

@catc.4462 4 жыл бұрын

Yes :)

@MosinAttractedPerson 4 жыл бұрын

_(:3 」∠)_ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (●´ω｀●)

@ch34pwoowoo7 4 жыл бұрын

C.T. Aigis finally a pal for me ! (I think they’re cute)

@ts_bladezzx2133 4 жыл бұрын

True

@p_celery 4 жыл бұрын

Theyre endangered

@t-rexstudioproductions781 3 жыл бұрын

When a blobfish looks soggy when they’re out of the water But in the water they look like a regular fish

@patchworkghost3229 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine being a blobfish, living your best life after spending thousands of years evolving to survive the extreme pressure and environment of the deep sea, only to die and have some human drag your lifeless corpse up to the surface where you suffer severe tissue damage due to the rapid changes in pressure, leaving you a fleshy blob like mass, and then the same human has the audacity to call you ugly

@thetopguy5390 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to give him a hug :D

@randy7562 4 жыл бұрын

Thought I was the only one

@thetopguy5390 4 жыл бұрын

@@randy7562 uR noT

@nujevad28 4 жыл бұрын

You'd be crushed from the underwater pressure, so it's kinda like you're getting hugged too.

@ch34pwoowoo7 4 жыл бұрын

The Top Guy 5 same !

@ch34pwoowoo7 4 жыл бұрын

nujevad40 oh wow that really do make sense

@thespecialonenextdoor1342 4 жыл бұрын

Blobfish are my favorite animal and are treated unfairly. It’s just cuz of the pressure that they become blobs!

@WillaL26 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you so much for this, all the other information is all over but this is compiled wonderfully! I am writing an information piece about blobfish in english! Its so sad because everybody always thinks that the famous picture is so cute and silly but in truth its actually just due to the pressure and tissue damage :(. Also ima new subscriber!

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed the video and it helped you out with your writing! Welcome to the channel

@CORI_MADNESS 2 жыл бұрын

I never knew there was a blob fish fleshlight. Thanks for showing that to the world.

@delicate_flower2210 3 жыл бұрын

Blob fish: I’m not a blob I’m sexy

@cobo8454 2 жыл бұрын

Blob Fish are not ugly they are actually more special than most fish, they have like the coolest smile (think of it as a smile)

@ch34pwoowoo7 4 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or anyone else think the blobfish is KINDA cute ?

@musicotherapierelaxation7732 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have a website? It would be interesting to promote your awesome channel even more. On a site you can put more ads, it would help you for all the research you do!

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

That's actually something we're currently working on. When we launch we'll be sure to let everyone know. =)

@JS-pk8gv 5 жыл бұрын

2:11 bobfish

@buttercuplovs5563 5 жыл бұрын

Hah

@whalienpippa 4 жыл бұрын

Hey his name is Bob, leave him alone

@ZorryStrange 4 жыл бұрын

It might not be the ugliest but it sure Looks like the saddest xd

@jadenl629 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I was wondering could you do a video about squirrels? Thanks again AFF!

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea! Thanks for the suggestion!

@Ariennys 4 жыл бұрын

Them out of water is me out of my house.

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

same

@keatonblackman472 5 жыл бұрын

Save the Blobfish

@esmewoahh 4 жыл бұрын

screw the turtles

@pokemonamv9671 3 жыл бұрын

Yes before they go extinct

@wil9511 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ! I keep learning something new every day . Great work 👍.

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davidwhite4023 3 жыл бұрын

I love the comparison as Big Tadpoles jejeje

@mr.technicalisolate9188 4 жыл бұрын

I saw them and i was like "Awww,who ever hates blobfish im gona kick them ass"

@toxicogaming6606 3 жыл бұрын

U can kick the ass of blobfish haters You cannot if there in here you will be able to kick As haters get ugly the blobfish gets revenge

@mr.technicalisolate9188 3 жыл бұрын

@@toxicogaming6606 I got a stroke reading your comment but i guess your right🗿

@toxicogaming6606 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.technicalisolate9188 thanks

@monadolifesaver5613 4 жыл бұрын

I hope they're kore intelligent than us and we just got lucky hauling a few up. One day we'll find the Blobfish cities.

@murasamekaini8786 4 жыл бұрын

is there a reason they kind of turn pink when they are at the surface..? i find it confusing, the live ones are darker in color but the dead ones brought up are pink?

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

From everything I can find they are that color all the time?? I'm guessing the underwater shots probably have different lighting and that would bring about the difference looking colors. If I find anything more concrete while searching I'll post it here!

@matthewrichardson7203 4 жыл бұрын

Their skin bursts and the flesh and blood is out because of the pressure

@JDT101 3 жыл бұрын

It's because the light gets to them when they're out of the water

@_jayb 5 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who’s favorite animal is Blobfish?

@lemons3689 4 жыл бұрын

Jay B I love blobfishes they are the cutest

@yourfavoritewitch 4 жыл бұрын

Jay B they are so adorable

@zoologistvince2664 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@thespecialonenextdoor1342 4 жыл бұрын

They’re my favorte

@yangchinybanez6926 4 жыл бұрын

I love blobfish its pink and i love puffer fish cause it has spike and puff when puffer fish is angry. I love all kind of fish oof me

@ilikeceral3 4 жыл бұрын

Where did that first blobfish image come from?

@TheBluePhoenix008 4 жыл бұрын

I just found this channel I can't believe this hasn't blown up

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you found us! 😁

@TheBluePhoenix008 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnimalFactFiles i love channel's like this and tier zoo

@ariari3982 4 жыл бұрын

I also felt bad when they first started saying how ugly the blobfish looked. Honestly it hurt me, I had wished I could’ve just hugged it and kissed it. Well of course I do get grossed out easily so if it was slimy I would have to wipe then hug lol sorry just really don’t like getting covered in stuff.

@jesussanchez-pu7ol 5 жыл бұрын

You should make one of the chromodoris lochi

@AnimalFactFiles 5 жыл бұрын

Great idea! We haven't talked about nudibranches at all!

@gir5o1 3 жыл бұрын

"looks like a regular fish". As if there's actually such a thing as a "fish".

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm... you make a good point. While most people have an idea in their heads of what image to tie to "fish" some people don't/can't or have a different image. This was good to think about! Thanks! Hope you have a wonderful day 💚

@auxva4570 3 жыл бұрын

I thought they looked cute out of the water.

@canaveral8369 3 жыл бұрын

they just pressed that blobfishes are cute

@toxicogaming6606 3 жыл бұрын

The more people says blobfish is ugly *the more you get ugliest in the universe*

@Adrien_broner 4 жыл бұрын

In the water they actually look kinda cute

@dontsubsribe1429 3 жыл бұрын

They Look like a normal fish in the Sea but If u take them out of the water It looks..like a....curse of a Abbys...I mean a cursed blob..

@chanelfallon5248 Жыл бұрын

What makes something ugly ? I've seen people that look like this. Bit unfair.

@JS-pk8gv 5 жыл бұрын

Do air fern also called a sea fir or Neptune plant

@saradapagediocletian9707 4 жыл бұрын

"Don't fuck with my title, Science Man!" - Blobfish

@zebongle 3 жыл бұрын

The famous blobfish picture is just a corpse who‘s tissues exploded

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Right?! It's sad =(

@zebongle 3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@MissBeeBonnet 4 жыл бұрын

I mean... I guess everything becomes ugly once it’s a bloated, waterlogged, depressurized Corpse? X,D

@lizamelendez3095 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what sound blobfish make like if you step on it i think it will make a noise

@thadgravy9759 2 жыл бұрын

2:18 That's what that is?!?! I always thought it was some sort of mucus leaking out of the fish.

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

The more you know

@CatxCxCat 2 жыл бұрын

Have to watch this two times or pause everything because the narrative and the subtitle are whole fucqueen different😩

@AnimalFactFiles 2 жыл бұрын

We've fixed that in our newer episodes. We hope you'll give us another shot!

@AirQuotes848 3 жыл бұрын

Leave them alone ☹️🙏🏼

@Golemoid 3 жыл бұрын

Love the comments of people getting offended on behalf of Blobfish.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

We stan the blobfish

@maomaomaimaimao 2 жыл бұрын

Same as some alien bringing a human up into space and calling it the universe's ugliest animal after the Human bursts open

@trimontimon2710 5 жыл бұрын

Its extremly harmfull for this fish to get pulled out of the water

@pc_screen5478 4 жыл бұрын

It's harmful for any fish to be pulled out of the water

@StephanieLinda_ 2 жыл бұрын

Yesss. 100% but duh...All fish ???? Do you remember they all need the water.

@snifey2233 4 жыл бұрын

What do Poseidon thinking back then

@rexxo4246 4 жыл бұрын

A Blobfish out of the water looks like the prime minister of Sweden..

@Babielivetea 3 ай бұрын

Blob fish looks like someone missed human and fish dna

@klepes 4 жыл бұрын

Its majestic

@iliudmio3806 5 жыл бұрын

Can you do a goblin shark

@AnimalFactFiles 5 жыл бұрын

Sure thing! Here's the goblin shark video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7x-aLJ716uuYp8.html

@doodleoffice221 3 жыл бұрын

So, people have been thinking a dead blobfish is cute

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Mhmm

@tawagb1880 4 жыл бұрын

I like big nose ugly stuff related to blobfish.

@jamedlighgy211 3 жыл бұрын

We was reading a story about blonfish we were laughing our buts off

@zuckiswatching6334 4 жыл бұрын

Hm so they’re not actually pink, they just look pink when they get skinned alive🤔

@lypsy5549 2 жыл бұрын

SNL's mermaid sketches featuring Kate McKinnon as 65% blob fish, 35% woman sent me here.

@commenter7893 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine if they were as intelligent as humans. What a boring existence. No point whatsoever to live.

@qubethebox9192 4 жыл бұрын

Blobfish : hated Anglerfish :

@jondunmore4268 4 жыл бұрын

Why is the blobfish so pixelated? Is he naked?

@peachybee6654 4 жыл бұрын

But their so cuteee 😭♥️

@ariscosollover73 4 жыл бұрын

I feel bad for this fish.

@pastelly4768 4 жыл бұрын

imma even have a birthday party with the theme blobfish UwU

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great party!

@thespecialonenextdoor1342 4 жыл бұрын

OMG I DID THAT ONCE AND LITERALLY MADE A BLOBFISH PIÑATA

@rori354 2 жыл бұрын

Damnit Bondrewd, we told you to stop fishing as a hobby.

@user-dr7xf6rh4o 4 жыл бұрын

I think blobfish is cute not ugly

@kermitthefrog8668 4 жыл бұрын

Longhorn cow fish r beautiful! 😂

@billalee3230 3 ай бұрын

This is so disturbing for me makes me sad fr

@boaoaoalaloq908 3 жыл бұрын

It looks kinda cute now, seeing it before it gets pulled up.

@changbinsyaww1703 4 жыл бұрын

They’re so cutee:(

@oseeribo9215 4 жыл бұрын

They are adorable XD

@bobfootballbobert 4 жыл бұрын

0:06 it's pennywise

@wolskyhubert4718 4 жыл бұрын

Un like many other fish shows a picture of a turtle I think they messed up!

@StephanieLinda_ 2 жыл бұрын

What ..

@qwertyplays5362 4 ай бұрын

1:04 listen I don't want to be rude or anything I just want to say that blobfishes are actually kind of terrifying and this is proof

@ivoflo 4 жыл бұрын

Why do I feel sadder and sadder through the video

@isaiahlenz4716 4 жыл бұрын

There Soo adorable 😍😍😂👌👌

@Sunkissedguy 4 жыл бұрын

So cute!

@justinheadley7317 4 жыл бұрын

You remember how they said humans use to be fish

@lessthanxthreebeauty 3 жыл бұрын

When you’re talking and out totally different things to read on the screen, we miss it.

@AnimalFactFiles 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback. That's something we've mostly done away with in our more recent episodes. We encourage you to check those out and hopefully see the difference! Thanks for watching either way

@Xerothereaper 3 жыл бұрын

A human in the vacuum of space won't look like a Blobfish because: 1. The difference of pressure between full vacuum and ocean surface is far less than ocean surface and the bottom of the ocean. 2. We are rather dense AND the glue that holds our cells together are rather strong.

@mathew_chank 4 жыл бұрын

Thumbnail was cute

@AnimalFactFiles 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. =) Thanks!

@sugarrush3085 Жыл бұрын

Ty for saying there not ugly it’s sad of the mean names I think they are cute with the blob

@Brontosore 3 жыл бұрын

A blobfish looks awesome in the water but out of the water it’s inly

@gabrielfantin2397 2 жыл бұрын

Now the blob is cute in water

@infamous7223 3 жыл бұрын

I thought you were talking about how they aren’t ugly not science about them

@oneworld9071 2 жыл бұрын

Even if this doc declared blobfish as the ugliest, y'all must not have encountered the Chesapeake Bay's "oyster toad" or "toadfish". Keep fingers and toes clear of the mouth..... anything with oysters in its diet and has to shuck 'em by mouth, with the jaw power of a macaw deserves respect.