Splash and Bubbles
Oblo the Blobfish
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Bubbles and Splash meet Oblo the blobfish down in the deep.
When Bubbles and Splash go looking for the ultimate mud puddle, they venture down to the Deep, where Lu takes them to see a hydrothermal vent and meet Oblo the blobfish. The mud at the bottom of the ocean floor houses hydrothermal vents, which are like islands in a sea of mud.
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Splash and Bubbles
Oblo the Blobfish
Clip | 1m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
When Bubbles and Splash go looking for the ultimate mud puddle, they venture down to the Deep, where Lu takes them to see a hydrothermal vent and meet Oblo the blobfish. The mud at the bottom of the ocean floor houses hydrothermal vents, which are like islands in a sea of mud.
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- Whoa!
- Some find mud funny, and some find it amazing.
- [together] Oblo!
- Ladies.
- Oblo?
You're a--a fish?
- I'm a blobfish.
- A blobfish?
- Yes.
I'm glad you came to pay a visit.
We don't get a lot of fish down here.
- Oblo, are you sad or something?
- Oh, is it because of my face?
- Yeah.
- That's okay.
Plenty of creatures think that before they get to know me.
I'm actually a pretty happy guy, but it doesn't always show on my face.
Why?
Because I'm built to survive in very deep water.
- You are?
Well, how?
- You see, it's like I'm made out of jelly.
My body has only soft bones, because hard bones would crack down here.
- Oh, well, why is that?
- When you're down here very deep, pressure squeezes you, so something like a bone could crack.
- Sounds like a very tight squeeze.
But but since you're all jelly-ish-- - That's where the jelly and soft bones helps keep me in one piece.
- [laughs] You're a really special fish, Oblo.
- Thank you.
And so are you.
Remember, of all the fish in the sea, you're one of them.
- Wow!
Also true.
- Mm-hmm.
And so deep.
both: Yeah.
- I guess Lu and Bob were right.
- Right about what?
- Hey, Oblo.
- Hi, Bob.
- You really can't judge a fish by its fins.
Or its face.
- Ah, so true!
So did you kids have fun?
- Oh, lots of it!
- [laughs] It was great!
- And don't forget the reason
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