Friday Night Creature Feature: Minion Israel

Thanks to beloved LGM weirdo herr doktor bimler for the idea for tonight’s creature feature. If you haven’t yet made friends with herr doktor, do so immediately. He’s as quick-witted as he is smart (which is very x infinity). Just–for god’s sake–do not let him show him his etchings…or anything else for that matter.

Anyway, some of you may have seen the movie “Megamind,” and thought to yourself “That Minion sure is cute; I wish he could be kinda sorta be embodied by real-life fish.”  Well, wish no more. Go to your nearest pet store and adopt your own Macropinna:

Macropinna microstoma is a deep sea fish that has a transparent head so delicate it cannot be brought to the surface. So we may only observe its cartoonish, oddly-cute visage in its natural habitat. I know that I’ve ribbed Mother Nature in previous posts, but I gotta give her props now. Granted,  this fish looks like something that might be the result of a sexy, sexy union of “Finding Nemo” and “Tim and Eric Awesome Show,” but dammit, I give her “A” for effort and creativity. It’s just a really cute fish when all is said and done.