Do you dream of becoming one with your partner? The deep-sea anglerfish shows how badly that can end
In some fish species, couples lose all independence when they mate, even sharing one pair of eyes. Is that really something to aspire to?I have just discovered how the deep-sea anglerfish mates. My apologies if this is old ichthyological news to you, but it is new news to me, and it is very definitely going to be the hook for this week’s column.The female deep-sea anglerfish is very large compared with the male deep-sea anglerfish. In some species, he sniffs her out (using his giant nostri
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