(from bbc.co.uk)
The grumpy-looking, gelatinous blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
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.
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.
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