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Most people do not know what a blobfish is. It is the world's ugliest animal. It is also the new mascot the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (UAPS). The UAPS asked 11 celebrities and comedians to make a short video what they thought was the ugliest creature Earth. Thousands people voted to decide the winner. UAPS president Simon Watt said he didn't want to use a cute animal as the society's mascot. He wanted people to know that not-so-cute animals are also danger. Mr Watt said: "We've needed an ugly face endangered animals a long time… too long the cute and fluffy animals have taken the limelight." He thinks the blobfish will make people remember the uglier animals.

Blobfish live the seas and oceans Australia and New Zealand. They stay largely the seabed or ocean floor between 600 to 1,200 metres deep. They can grow to 30 centimetres long. They have very large heads, small bodies and thin tails. Their name comes the fact that they look like a large blob jelly. This is because they have no muscles. They float the water and swallow things that swim past them, like small crabs and shellfish. Even though humans do not eat blobfish (they are inedible), fishermen accidentally kill thousands each year. They are caught the nets fishing boats. Scientists are worried that this will put the blobfish the list endangered animals.