Steven Tyler step aside. A new pair of pouty lips is on the proverbial scene, and they may take the title of world’s most fabulous. And those lips belong to, of course, a fish found in Malaysia. Along with those pouty lips, the fish also generally has a disturbingly humanlike smile. One that is so spot-on sapien the internet thought it was a bad photoshop jobOpens in a new tab at first. And while the lips may be a bit exaggerated, this type of fish does possess a mouth way too much like ours.
bibir dia lagi seksi dari aku 😭 pic.twitter.com/zzq8IPWzvDOpens in a new tab
— 🏴 (@raffnasir_) July 2, 2020Opens in a new tab
Twitter user RaffNasirOpens in a new tab shared the above photo from The New York PostOpens in a new tab. The images shows off the fish’s unnerving human mouth. Along with a pair of photos of the fish, Nasir noted in a Malay dialect that “Her lips are hotter than mine.”
The fish is a triggerfish. TriggerfishesOpens in a new tab are approximately 40 species of often exotic-looking fish marked by brightly colored lines and spots. Triggerfishes inhabit tropical and subtropical oceans around the globe, with the largest number of species residing in the Indo-Pacific.
Triggerfishes, like the one in Nasir’s pictures, often have mouths that look somewhat humanlike thanks, in part, to their teeth. Triggerfishes’ teeth are adapted for crushing shellsOpens in a new tab. They diet on bottom dwelling crustaceans and the like. As a result, their teeth have taken on a human appearance—especially when viewed head-on. And those pearly whites can get it, too. Triggerfishes have sometimes attacked divers and delivered painful chomps.
They aren’t the only fish in the sea with some serious-looking smoochers. ViceOpens in a new tab, for example, noted that the White Lip Cichlid has lips “plump enough to give Kylie [Jenner] a run for her money.” See the fish in the below video.
Perhaps the best part of Nasir’s fish pics is the fact that the internet used them as a springboard for the imagination. Twitter user KenkenlagadaOpens in a new tab definitely had the hottest hot-fish take, when he applied some well-manicured nails and eyelashes to the fish face. This gives the fish the kind of attitude most of us only ever dream of rocking.
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— ken (@KenkenLegada) July 2, 2020Opens in a new tab
Featured Image: Kris Mikael KristerOpens in a new tab
