Part of the fun of horror writing is getting to discover the real life monsters that populate nature. Many posts ago I mentioned the giant insects of the Carboniferous Period. Today I discovered the blobfish, which looks very much like the name would suggest. (Pics at link.)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-ugliest-animal-blobfish-6676336

And there’s an explanation for its hideous appearance.

… instead of red muscle, the strong stuff, the blobfish has an abundance of white muscle, which allows it to swim in short bursts to catch prey. Its soft tissue is logged with water and fat, which both protects the fish from surrounding pressure and enables it to move easily across the sand. Notably, the blobfish has no scales. The “loose and flabby” skin covering its entire body is weak and pliable, but an apt container at the bottom of the ocean.

The article makes no mention of the possibility of blobfish rising from the ocean and setting upon humanity in an onslaught of feasting and sexual perversions.

But that possibility is always there.

Isn’t it?