Today's Topic: The Sunfish (i.e. Fugly)

Contrary to its fun-sounding and happiness-invoking name, the Sunfish is one of the most bizarre creatures in the ocean. Not only does it win all the ugly contests in the sea, but the Sunfish's place in the evolutionary chain would leave any species cringing. This animal is a fine example of evolution's half-assed attempt at making something cool. If you're not familiar with the Sun Fish, think of it like this: six months worth of dirty white laundry wadded up swimming through the ocean.

It has no speed, no agility, no major defenses other than size, but most importantly it has no taste. Despite its Elephant Man appearances, the Sunfish is truly intriguing.

It is an incredibly dense animal, and one of the largest bony fishes in the sea (largest fish ever to exist was the Leedsichthys - that's another topic). The body strangely ends right after the dorsal and anal fins, which makes it look...stumpy. Like sharks, its body is primarily cartilage. That's right, it's like a giant nose swimming around. The Sunfish's "meat" (ick) contains toxins. It can grow up to thousands of pounds and has quite an arduous time swimming about. It actually has to steer with its mouth, by squirting out water in certain directions to move around. It remains one of the thousands of unique species in the ocean that has no real purpose or design. But, like 99.9% of the species that live in the ocean, it needs protecting, and probably a hug. So hug your local Sunfish today.