Strange Fish Walking On Seabed

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A very rare spotted handfish on the sea bottom off the coast of Tasmania. This video was recorded offshore using a Triton XL Remote Operated Vehicle.

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It is in fact a spotted handfish
The tiny spotted handfish, is one of Tasmania's most critically endangered marine fishes.
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) is calling for immediate action to preserve one of the most unusual marine creatures found off the coast of Tasmania.

The spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) is a small and slow-moving fish species that uses its pectoral and pelvic fins to Ã¢â‚¬ËœwalkÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ rather than to swim. The species is endemic to the lower Derwent Estuary and its bays and channels, meaning that its is found nowhere else in the world. It occurs in only three small colonies of less than 200 adult fish each.

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that's actually...
a very big frog eaten by a goldfish who is trying to escape
By luiscf77 1165209667 Reply Spam [+5] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~1216497~~
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I know
it's Muddy Mudskipper
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omg.. noes!
It's a head crab from Half Life and Half Life 2! damn it it's all real! it's all real!! *takes pills*
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aquillia serbassic
found in warmer climates austrialia, india, etc... very rare and endangered. best when quick fried in oil. tastes a lot like dolphin.
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its a agorolob
its a animal can walk on water a land in the phillipines its a delicacy it taste really good and they are hard to find there pretty expensive if you order one
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- no...
  ... It's Picachu!
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THE Answer
Guess this pretty much answers the evolution vs creation questioin!
By cupsdaddy724 1205611458 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove ~~8279259~~
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It looks like...
a platypus and a blowfish had a baby. I thought is was pretty big until that other fish passed over it, notice that he stopped moving and sat quietly until it was gone, and what was with that red string of pearls fish he kept trying to get in the shot I guess he wanted his 15 minutes of fame too!
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why didn't u catch it
why didn't you catch it!!!!!!!
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Spotted handfish
The fish is called spotted handfish..u can find about these fish, clue: use search engines...
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Poor thing..
No plant's or anything.. Look's like everything has been wiped out.
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thats not a turtle...
what in the world is that??!?!?!

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neat
new site, "you gave me an std com" you've gotta check it out and tell your friends
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Squash it
The best thing about harmless wierd innocent things, is to kill them. Then they wont scare us any more :)
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Gasp
missing link in fishery evolution! so has this thing been identified? i googled agorolob but that didnt produce too much results.
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pokemon
i knew those things existed. lolll
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I wonder the age of the controller who m...
My 2 year kid can handle his PS2 control better that this guy !
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- hehe
  larf
  
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ITS A RETARTED
TURTLE THATS ALL. IT JUST A DEFECT. SOMETIMES PEOPLE AND ANIMALS ARE BORN FUNNY.
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I think...
I think that's a middget that fell of the party boat.....
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