Absurd Creatures | The Voracious Fish That Looks Like a Pug and Stings Like a Bee
Released on 01/22/2016
{Narrator} Aw, come on man.
Cheer up. Things can't be that bad.
You're a fish that gets to lie in the
sand all day.
You're a star gazer.
That's actually your name.
Though really it should be sea pug because
let's face it, you look like a little water dog.
Anyway, you're looking at one of the most
remarkable fishes in the ocean.
The Stargazer's job is burying itself in the sand
and lying very still...as you can see.
But don't let the inactivity fool you.
The Stargazer has a strike
like you wouldn't believe.
In a split second it opens its mouth
creating a vacuum that sucks in unwitting victims
like fish, and crustaceans and worms.
But all this lying around does leave it a bit
vulnerable to it's own predators.
But it has that covered, too.
You can't see it, but it has venomous spines
on it's fins and can shock just like an
electric eel.
Which is to say, do not touch the Stargazer.
It all adds up to one seriously formidable fish
that nevertheless looks like it just realized
it left the oven on.
But don't worry little buddy.
It happens to the best of us.
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