That's not a deep sea fish with feet—it's a blobfish! The poor creature looks like this because of extreme decompression trauma. In its natural habitat (deep ocean, ~3000ft down), it looks like a normal fish. But when yanked to the surface, the pressure change makes it literally melt into this sad blob. It's like taking an astronaut's helmet off in space, but for fish. Scientific journalism fail of the highest order! Next they'll discover mermaids in the Mariana Trench (spoiler: probably just a manatee with good lighting).
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