Census of Marine Life Completed

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on October 7, 2010
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The 10-year Census of Marine Life wrapped up on Monday. The project launched more than 500 expeditions over the past decade and uncovered 6.000 new species, like the fathead sculpin fish pictured above, nicknamed “Mr. Blobby.”

See pictures of more newly discovered species on National Geographic News.

Learn more about the census on the Census of Marine Life website.

Explore a shipwreck and raft a raging river when you play Waterlogged!


Photograph courtesy Kerryn Parkingson, NORFANZ

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Comments

  1. mgoat
    October 7, 2010, 6:07 pm

    that’s cool looking

  2. Pinky Caine
    October 7, 2010, 7:34 pm

    cool! i get why they named him mr. blobby!

  3. Basilisk
    October 8, 2010, 12:14 pm

    Almost looks like an unhappy face.

  4. rjones512
    October 8, 2010, 12:53 pm

    weird blob

  5. Icestar0419
    October 8, 2010, 10:42 pm

    EWWWW.That’s a big nose.

  6. ham136
    October 9, 2010, 12:55 am

    Itlooks very sad!:(

  7. pranav
    October 9, 2010, 4:38 am

    there’s some goo oozing from its mouth!EEEWWWWW!!

  8. 3v3rlasting
    October 9, 2010, 11:01 pm

    It’s soooo cute! It looks so squishy I wanna hug it! :-* I know it looks ugly to you,but everyone has their own opinions.If you think it’s ugly,don’t listen to me.I think Yoda is cute.You know,that green dude with white hair from Star Wars???

  9. CountryGirl
    October 10, 2010, 8:37 am

    Wow that’s really cool

  10. TeeTee2
    October 10, 2010, 6:53 pm

    So cute! Is there only one “Mr. Blobby”?

  11. bria01
    October 10, 2010, 8:10 pm

    I THINK IT IS VERY SAD :(

  12. word1234
    October 10, 2010, 9:23 pm

    it’s cute, but yucky!!!!

  13. Thalia_Grace_4life
    October 11, 2010, 10:04 am

    EWW Totally gross.

  14. Travler Girls Rock
    October 11, 2010, 11:42 am

    I think it seems pretty cool to me.Did it say it was a new marine life?Woooooowwwww I guess it is!!!

  15. maddie365
    October 11, 2010, 6:48 pm

    OMG! That is so interesting. Im definetly going to be a marine biologist one day!!!

  16. traveler
    October 12, 2010, 2:41 am

    Wow! cool it looks like a cartoon charactar kind of but cool at the same time and gross there is some gooey stuff coming out of it’s mouth and the thing that looks like a nose is big.:)

  17. jaedmx
    October 12, 2010, 8:58 am

    That is one ugly thing,i mean look at its nose!!!!!!!

  18. topdog3
    October 12, 2010, 9:03 am

    what is this

  19. drake
    October 12, 2010, 11:33 am

    cool but weird.

    anyway what is it?

  20. 2whitie
    October 12, 2010, 11:59 am

    Mr. Blobby….awww….so gooey and slimy

  21. Anonymous
    October 12, 2010, 9:55 pm

    i like moocows

  22. weirder321
    October 13, 2010, 4:33 pm

    thats looks like as if it was clay

  23. Anonymous
    October 13, 2010, 7:14 pm

    Mr.Blobby is so cute I love him, But he has a booger hanging from his mouth.MrBlobby why do they call him Mr.Blobby?

  24. shreya2374
    October 14, 2010, 6:21 am

    mr. blobby – your name is so funny but u are cute . why are u so sad n why do you have a man’s face? do you have some friends.

  25. kingbali19
    October 14, 2010, 4:28 pm

    dude you look like a blob………..ha ha ha

  26. kingbali19
    October 14, 2010, 4:29 pm

    dude you look like a blob really………….hahaha

  27. mariayalexis
    October 14, 2010, 8:12 pm

    he iiS reaL cUte ii wOuld geT scared 2 tOuch hiim ;)

  28. tiger45
    October 15, 2010, 2:32 pm

    What in the world, its so ugly but cute at the same time:)

  29. animallover123
    January 5, 2011, 7:58 pm

    It loooks gross and also unhappy. i just hope it lives as long as it should.

  30. Tingga
    February 3, 2011, 10:07 pm

    Mr. Blobby!? HAHAHA that is really REALLY funny.

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