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05-APR-2009

Devil scorpionfish.

A fish only a mother could love. The devil scorpionfish has the dubious honour of being the weirdest thing I saw. It looks like evolution made a mistake: besides being fairly strange looking (which most scorpionfish share), it does not actually swim. It walks around on the bottom, on "legs" that look like they are just the leftover spines in what used to be fins.

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J Ponces16-May-2009 15:34
Well, I was stung by one and almost died!... I do not recommend it to my worst enemy... v
Lori Rolfe04-May-2009 13:43
I don't even know what to say about this little creature... fascinating really.
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