5 comments

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   Arlo Hemphill · September 13, 2011

   Funny post. Thanks for all the retweets on this issue I inadvertently called ugly!
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     Southern Fried Scientist · September 14, 2011

     Thanks! And thanks for drawing attention to this important issue.
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   WhySharksMatter · September 14, 2011

   Don’t worry, Ratty! Did you see my tweet last week? #IfMyDreamsComeTrue (a popular hashtag at the time), animals will be conserved based on how endangered or important they are, not how cute.

   You have every right to exist and should be conserved.

   But yeah, ratfish are ugly as hell. Sorry, dude.
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     Southern Fried Scientist · September 14, 2011

     With those big droopy eyes and that adorable shovel-shaped snout? So cute.
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     WhySharksMatter · September 14, 2011

     You rarely hear “adorable” and “shovel shaped” in the same sentence outside of Cleveland…