新奇事件簿 世界最丑生物（在线收听）

Most people do not know what a blobfish is. It is the world's ugliest animal. It is also the new mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society (UAPS). The UAPS asked 11 celebrities and comedians to make a short video on what they thought was the ugliest creature on Earth. Thousands of 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 in danger. Mr Watt said: "We've needed an ugly face for endangered animals for a long time…For too long the cute and fluffy animals have taken the limelight." He thinks the blobfish will make people remember the uglier animals.

绝大多数人对水滴鱼并不了解。它是世界上最丑的动物。它还是“丑陋动物保护协会”的吉祥物。该协会还邀请了11位名人和喜剧演员就“谁是最丑陋生物”制作了简短录像。数千名民众进行了投票。“丑陋动物保护协会”主席西蒙·瓦特称作为协会吉祥物，它不应该是可爱美丽的。他想让大家了解的是许多濒危动物不怎么好看。瓦特先生称：“我们需要一种丑陋动物来为濒危动物代言，那些软绵绵的可爱动物总是备受人们关注。”他认为水滴鱼将让人们记住那些丑陋的动物。

Blobfish live in the seas and oceans near Australia and New Zealand. They stay largely on the seabed or ocean floor between 600 to 1,200 metres deep. They can grow up to 30 centimetres long. They have very large heads, small bodies and thin tails. Their name comes from the fact that they look like a large blob of jelly. This is because they have no muscles. They float in 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 in the nets of fishing boats. Scientists are worried that this will put the blobfish on the list of endangered animals.

水滴鱼生活在澳大利亚和新西兰海域。绝大多数栖息在河床或是600-1200深的海底。它们能够长到30厘米长。水滴鱼的头很大，身形很小，尾巴纤细。由于它们看上去像是一团果冻，所以起名为水滴鱼。还因为它们没有肌肉。它们会吃掉从它们身边游过的生物，例如小螃蟹以及贝壳类生物。尽管人们不食用水滴鱼（无法食用），但是每年渔夫还是会在不经意间杀害上千条水滴鱼。它们被捕鱼船所捕捞。让科学家担心的是，水滴鱼将被纳入濒危动物名单之中。