Blobfish look blobby because they are full of water. Under their skin, blobfish have a thick layer of gelatinous flesh that floats outside their muscles. Stein: If you pick up a blobfish by the ...

Narrator: This water-filled, Jell-O-like layer allows ... bursts and lunge at prey that on occasion ramble by. This is a baby blobfish. It's a cleared and stained specimen, meaning all its tissue ...

Unlike many other fish, blobfish lack a swim bladder, scales, and a full skeleton. Instead, their bodies are primarily composed of a gelatinous substance slightly less dense than water ...