At least in the beginning, the blob is based on the blobfish, which lives deep underwater near Australia and New Zealand.

The team was off the Northern coast of New Zealand in the Hauraki Gulf in 2023 when they spotted a shortfin mako shark with an orange blob attached to its back. “The ‘sharktopus’ encounter ...

Don't judge a blob by its cover ... deforms into its hallmark mushy shape - the same one that has earned it the reputation of ...

The encounter was strange beyond the fact that the orange blob looked rather like a bold fashion statement secured to the shark's head. Of the approximately 300 species of octopus scattered across ...

Ecologists in a Dutch city were baffled when presented with a ‘glowing’ orange bag of wildlife ... forming a ‘bag shape’ – ...