Post on 17-Jul-2015
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