Sunfish is a good one! A big part of me wanted to vote for the cute big-belly seahorse. But great white sharks get such bad press & they’re a threatened species, so I went with the underdog. 🦈
#NZfishOfTheYear #fish #conservation

StrangeSights: April fools? "Silent" chocolate bars, hot sauce sunscreen and self-driving toilets; 'March Napness'; and, a blobfish win... - Sight Magazine DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…

StrangeSights: April fools? “Silent” chocolate bars, hot sauce sunscreen and self-driving toilets; ‘March Napness’; and, a blobfish win. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #StrangeSights #AprilFoolsDay #Hyundai #Mobilet #MarchNapness #NZFishoftheYear #blobfish

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Our beloved #Blobfish has been voted the #NZFishoftheYear! Second place went to the #OrangeRoughy, proving people love the #deepsea.

Check out our #CoffeeWithAndrew episode about the origin of that iconic image.

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The blob blog | Te Papa’s Blog This Psychrolutes microporos, also known as “Mr Blobby,” the blobfish, is the iconic ambassador for The Deep Sea and personifies everything we air-breathers seem to find weird about it. The image, …

The #blobfish is #NZFishoftheyear! Our maligned ambassador of the #deepsea and precious baby finally gets recognition. 2nd place went to another #deepocean fish, the #OrangeRoughy.

Check out the #TePapa #blog for the origin of that iconic image.

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The blobfish has just been named New Zealand's Fish of the Year! Hooray!
Children can learn more about this fascinating fish in CHEER UP, BLOBFISH! by me and Rachel Tribout, Affirm Press, 2024.
And there is so much to discover!!!
#blobfish #nzfishoftheyear #cheerupblobfish