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The humble blobfish, once dubbed the world’s ‘ugliest’ has taken the crown for New Zealand’s ‘Fish of the Year’. The lovable ...

no big book-signing tour. The real world was now intruding horrifically. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Make Babette Kourelos's old ...

The blobfish has won New Zealand’s “fish of the year” award in the country’s annual competition. Once dubbed the “world’s ugliest animal”, the blobfish (known scientifically as Psychrolutes marcidus), ...

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An 18-year-old Indian youth has earned the Guinness World Records for the hairiest male face, with Guinness official measuring 201.72 hair per square centimeter on his face. Lalit Patidar has ...

It stands in stark contrast to the fate of the deep-sea blobfish Psychrolutes marcidus, which in 2013 was voted the world’s ugliest animal. Perhaps the name is a clue: people have seen in the ...

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