Everything south of the equator is weird and wants to kill you - fact.
Alright, that's some heavy exaggeration but it's valid for this new two-legged fish that was discovered there recently.
Sent in for ID: #Fish with legs. Likely to be a #Frogfish species, but we won't know until we can examine it. pic.twitter.com/zZUyLBZyaW
— Te Papa (@Te_Papa) January 10, 2016
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa shared the image of the unidentified fish which they believe to be an undiscovered species of 'Frogfish', which has the fastest bite of any vertebrate. Lovely.
Fish with 'legs', sent in for ID by Claudia Howse, Glenys Howse and James Beuvink.This weird creature is likely to be...
Posted by Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa on Sunday, January 10, 2016
The fish was found in a pile of kelp that was in a boat's hold in the Bay of Islands, Northland according to the museum, who are currently in the process of examining it. Unfortunately the fish died not long after being discovered but that may be a good thing, lest it keep evolving and start destroying the world.
Via Uproxx
