BLOBFISH!BY:

SAWYER

Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3

Physical Characteristics……………………………………………………………………………………………4

Food…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

Blob Fish life cycle…………………………………………………………………………………………………..6

Puffer Fish life cycle………………………………………………………………………………………………….7

Puffer Fish Vs Blob Fish………………………………………………………………………………………………8

Did You Know?...........................................................................................................................................9

Habits/ Behaviors……………………………………………………………………………………………………10

Habitat………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11

Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..12

Glossary……………………………………………………………………………………………………………13

IntroductionWELCOME TO THE BLOB FISH! LETS TRAVEL TO THE DEEP SEAS OF WEST-SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN! WE’LL DISCOVER LOTS ABOUT THE BLOB FISH. THEY MIGHT BE UGLY, BUT THEY’RE INTERESTING, TOO! JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU DEEP SEA TRAWL, STOP! YOUR KILLING AND MAKING THE BLOB FISH MORE ENDANGERED! YEP, THEY’RE ENDANGERED. ANYWAYS, LETS GO! :)

hello. I’m

a happy

Blob fish.

Physical

Characteristics

1. THE BLOBFISH COLOR IS PINKISH, REDDISH, WHITEISH, AND GRAYISH.

2. THE PATTERN ON THEIR SKIN ARE SCALEY SPIKES ON THEIR BODY.

3. BLOBFISH WEIGHT: LESS THAN A POUND HEIGHT:1 FT. LENGTH: 1 FT.

4.A UNIQUE FEATURE IS THAT ITS SKIN TURN GRAY WHEN OUT OF WATER AND DIES

5.IT PROTECTS ITSELF BY LIVING DEEP IN THE OCEAN SO THE PRETEDORS DON’T GET THEM.

Food

1. Since Blob fish can’t move, they can only eat things that fly into his mouth. The only things that fly into it’s mouth are crustaceans. So that’s what they eat.

2.How blob fish hunt is that the food floats in its mouth. Yes, that’s how they hunt.

3.Did you know that blob fish do not hunt in groups? Probably not.

IM

HUNGRY!

Blob fish life cycle

Female blob fish lays

thousands of eggs.

The blob fish stay with their eggs the whole time until they hatch!

Blob fish fingerling

hatches out of egg.

Blob fish eats on its

own and goes into

the wild

Because of water pressure, blob fish can live up to 130 years!

Lets go!

Blob fish dies

Fun fact!

Blob fish male

and female

don’t incubate

their eggs!

Puffer fish life cyclePuffer fish lay about 3-4

eggs depending of what

species they are. Mother puffer

fish don’t care

for their

babies, so

when the eggs

are laid, the

mother swims

away. The puffer fish babies stay in their eggs for 5 days.

Adult puffer fish

the average

puffer fish

live to about

10 years.

Puffer Fish vs. Blob Fish

1.Puff up to

defend

2. Eats

Invertebrates

and algae

3. lay 3-4 eggs4. Lives up to 130

years

1.Live deep

to defend

2.Eats

crustaceans

3. Lay

thousands of

eggs

4. Lives up to

10 years

Puffer Fish Blob Fish

1. Both

lay

eggs

2. both

have

scales

3. They

both live

in the

ocean

Did you Know?

1.Blob fish lay their eggs deep in the ocean.

2. Blob fish have no muscles or bones.

3. Blob fish are endangered animals.

4. A bob fish's nose is not a nose, it’s just skin.

Habits/ Behaviors

1. Blob fish just float around in the ocean.

2.They don’t care about neighbors, they just let them in their territory.

3. They like to frown a lot. They do that because they don’t have a jaw bone.

4.Blob fish are very friendly.

Fun fact! blob fish are

known as “fat

heads”

Habitat

1.Blob fish live about 3, 900 ft. deep in the ocean.

2. Blob fish do not migrate in the ocean.

3.Their climate is deep in the cold,

bottomless ocean.

Bibliography

RECOMMENDED http://www.ipfactly.com/blobfish/

http://www.Wikipedia.com/blobfish/

http://www.answers.com/blobfish/

http://www.slideshare.net

http://www.prezi.com/5jzgitshjqzp/the-blobfish/

Glossary

INCUBATE- to warm and keep eggs safe

CRUSTECEANS- things like shrimp, plankton, crabs, etc.

TERRITORY- an area that someone or something owns

ENDANGERED- a species that is almost extinct

MIGARATAE- to move somewhere else in different seasons

FINGERLING- a baby fish

DEEP SEA TRAWL- to lower a huge net to about the bottom of the ocean and catch fish and lobster.

PSYCHROLUTES MARCIDUS- Greek for a cold bath

UNIQUE- different an unusual

PLUSH-a stuffed animal