5.06.2010

Sea Things #4: Frogfish

Written by Kimberly Krebs. Sea Things is a new regular feature where a different sea creature will be profiled. Look for it weekly.

Frogfish are weird, creepy little animals. They sit on sponges and lure prey with a cool fishing lure type thing that is on their head. If a fish comes along and tries to munch on the lure, they eat the fish. Cool, huh? Usually, they will be found on sponges that match their own coloring (and they can change their coloring to match) and they are incredibly difficult to find for this reason - they look just like a sponge. It helps that they are kind of bumpy looking anyway.

5.03.2010

Praying Mantis

September, 2009.