Where is Mr Blobby now? In a jar of preservation fluid the shade of date-night Riesling. Ichthyology Research Assistant at the the Australian Museum Research Institute Dr Kerryn Parkinson snapped the notorious portrait of the blobfish in 2003 aboard the NORFANZ cruise, a research expedition that trawled deep sea habitats between Australia and New Zealand to discover more about what lurks in our seas beyond the reach of sunlight. This creature – a blobfish dredged up from kilometre-deep waters off the north-west coast of New Zealand – is perhaps the world’s most famous fish specimen. With a whitish parasitic arthropod dangling from the corner of his mouth like a waterlogged cigarette, he looks like a forlorn clown on the world’s saddest smoke break.īut there’s a reason I haven’t stood him up. His flabby proboscis nose droops over fat downturned lips, and his black eyes are downright rueful. He has pale pink flesh with a treacly sheen. In the tradition of modern romance I’ve already scrutinised his pictures online. It’s Valentine’s Day, and my date is absolutely hideous. Where is internet sensation Mr Blobby the blobfish now? Angus Dalton, “I try to find the beauty in everything”: Checking in on the fugly fish that broke the internet, Australian Geographic, 28 February 2022 The Australian Museum even had a rubber replica of Mr Blobby created so they’d have something to poke.
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