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They aren't any "uglier" than other creatures humans don't happen to appreciate. We judge everything by our own standards and from our own perspective, not that of evolutionary success. People often think snakes, insects (especially cockroaches), fungi, some birds (vultures, shoebill storks come to mind), mammals (warthogs and wildebeest for example), plants ugly too, but many of them are marvels of biological ability. Evolution doesn't "care" what something looks like, only that it successfully takes advantage of whatever features and abilities it happens to have.
If I see some creature for the first time and find it "ugly" that usually means I simply don't understand it yet. Once the reasons for it's features becomes clear, it can very well become "beautiful".
Take the Blob fish, or the Angler fish, for example, really ugly. When it comes to the angler fish, I was actually surprised to learn the horrendous monstrosities you see are actually female, and the males are just tiny things lol; not pretty for sure!
I would say it's because people associate beauty in fish with colors and bottom feeders generally are not colorful.
But phsiologically, a lot of them are similar to other fish.
Take the Blob fish, or the Angler fish, for example, really ugly. When it comes to the angler fish, I was actually surprised to learn the horrendous monstrosities you see are actually female, and the males are just tiny things lol; not pretty for sure!
ha... when I read the title I immediately thought "better not be talking about my little blob fish!"
"Take the Blob fish.."
I like blob fish. (probably because everyone makes fun of them.)
I think they are adorable.
They aren't any "uglier" than other creatures humans don't happen to appreciate. We judge everything by our own standards and from our own perspective, not that of evolutionary success. People often think snakes, insects (especially cockroaches), fungi, some birds (vultures, shoebill storks come to mind), mammals (warthogs and wildebeest for example), plants ugly too, but many of them are marvels of biological ability. Evolution doesn't "care" what something looks like, only that it successfully takes advantage of whatever features and abilities it happens to have.
If I see some creature for the first time and find it "ugly" that usually means I simply don't understand it yet. Once the reasons for it's features becomes clear, it can very well become "beautiful".
I think that's a pretty awesome response.
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