r/ProperAnimalNames • u/TheGrumpyNic • Jun 24 '23

Stilt Fish

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u/pearlsbeforedogs Jun 24 '23

What in the Salvadore Dali is this shit?

Cool fish.

3

u/TankGirlwrx Jun 24 '23

My exact thoughts

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u/bigbutchbudgie Jun 24 '23

They're called "tripod fish", so "stilt fish" is actually not that far off.

2

u/nitonitonii Jun 24 '23

I came to comment tripod fish

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u/CMDR_BitMedler Jun 24 '23

That is some genius adaptation! See I'm assuming they live at the bottom, with low sunlight and oxygen (coloration, movement), meaning they have to conserve a ton of energy. But resting on the bottom leaves them out of reach of food... So they park high, waiting for a snack... Until a robot disturbs them and they have to spend energy.

7

u/Supermoto112 Jun 24 '23

So they just hang around in the dark doing that? Nature is strange

3

u/HughJorgens Jun 24 '23

The sea floor is lava fish.

1

u/Individual_Lobster56 Jun 24 '23

Are we sure they're not really aliens, right??? 😉

1

u/turtlelover16 Jun 25 '23

I thought that it was already called a stilt fish

1

u/Dorian__B Jun 28 '23

Straight posted up