Curlyben
Sep 12, 2013, 01:24 PM
So enough doom and gloom time for a laugh...
Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69786000/jpg/_69786238_69786233.jpg
The blobfish has topped a list of some very strange-looking creatures that all "need help"
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The grumpy-looking, gelatinous blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
This gives the fish the unofficial title of world's ugliest animal.
The society began as a science-themed comedy night and devised its mascot campaign to draw attention to "aesthetically challenged" threatened species.
The winner was announced at the British Science Festival in Newcastle (http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/british-science-festival).
The blobfish tops a list that includes the huge-nosed proboscis monkey, the similarly afflicted pig-nosed turtle, an amphibian affectionately known as a "scrotum frog" and pubic lice.
Biologist and TV presenter Simon Watt, president of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (http://uglyanimalsoc.com/), said he hoped the campaign would draw attention to the threats facing these weird and wonderful creatures.
Source: BBC News - Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24040130)
Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/69786000/jpg/_69786238_69786233.jpg
The blobfish has topped a list of some very strange-looking creatures that all "need help"
Continue reading the main story (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24040130#story_continues_1) Related Stories
Are these animals too 'ugly' to be saved? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20323753)
Kakapo on ugly animal shortlist Watch (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24061671)
Odd primates you may have never heard of (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/16599909)
The grumpy-looking, gelatinous blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
This gives the fish the unofficial title of world's ugliest animal.
The society began as a science-themed comedy night and devised its mascot campaign to draw attention to "aesthetically challenged" threatened species.
The winner was announced at the British Science Festival in Newcastle (http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/british-science-festival).
The blobfish tops a list that includes the huge-nosed proboscis monkey, the similarly afflicted pig-nosed turtle, an amphibian affectionately known as a "scrotum frog" and pubic lice.
Biologist and TV presenter Simon Watt, president of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (http://uglyanimalsoc.com/), said he hoped the campaign would draw attention to the threats facing these weird and wonderful creatures.
Source: BBC News - Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24040130)