Rare and frightening footballfish washes up in California – again
by Gabrielle Canon in Los Angeles from Environment | The Guardian on (#5T6W7)
Curiously, the Pacific football fish, with spiny teeth and a bulb on its head, is the third to wash ashore this year
At first, the black blob spotted between rocks along the shores of San Diego this week was mistaken for a ball of tar. But as a concerned surfer approached, it became clear that this was something special.
The finned creature had a gaping underbite that revealed nightmarish spiny teeth, small black eyes, a tentacle-covered appendage and bulb protruding from its head.
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