Rare and frightening footballfish washes up in California - again

Curiously, the Pacific football fish, with spiny teeth and a bulb on its head, is the third to wash ashore this yearAt first, the black blob spotted between rocks along the shores of San Diego this week was mistaken for a ball of tar. But as a concerned surfer approached, it became clear that this was something special.The finned creature had a gaping underbite that revealed nightmarish spiny teeth, small black eyes, a tentacle-covered appendage and bulb protruding from its head. Continue reading...