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There's a lot of beautiful fish
in the sea, but this one's the ugliest.
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(Alex Farnham): I'm Alex Farnham and
this is Animalist Breaking News.
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The blobfish was just named
the world's ugliest animal
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by the Ugly Animal
Preservation Society.
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This endangered species floats
off the coast of Australia.
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Its jelly-like flesh keeps it
afloat just above the ocean floor
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and it's not edible.
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(Simon Watt): We've needed an
ugly face for endangered animals
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for a long time.
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The blobfish beat out many other
endangered animals
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that are very ugly and
funny looking,
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clearly because its face
looks like this.
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(Reporter): To find out how the
public is reacting to this news,
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we asked a few animal lovers
their opinions.
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(Reporter): How do you feel about the
blobfish being named world's ugliest animal?
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(Interviewee 1): I think that's
just terrible.
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(Interviewee 2): That's a disgrace.
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(Interviewee 3): All creatures
are beautiful.
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(Alex Farnham): Being deemed the ugliest
animal in the world - is it a moment
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of despair or a moment of
great accomplishment?
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To answer these questions, we stopped
by the studio for an interview
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with the blobfish itself.
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[silence from blobfish]
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Well, there you have it, folks.
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Finally, we're giving recognition to
endangered species that aren't just
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cute and cuddly like the panda bear,
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but ones that make you
want to hurl.
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(Alex Farnham): I'm Alex Farnham
reporting for Animalist News.