This is a female angler fish, the males are absolutely tiny and literally useless, they can’t hunt or anything. So they find a female and literally absorb into her to fertilise her eggs and “live” off her like a parasite. females have been seen to have up to 12 males absorbed into them at one time
TheElusiveHolograph on May 9th, 2021 at 17:56 UTC »
Wow! Here’s the article:
https://ftw.usatoday.com/2021/05/rarely-seen-deep-sea-footballfish-washes-up-at-newport-beach/amp
Ih8livernonions on May 9th, 2021 at 18:25 UTC »
This is what it looks like alive
https://youtu.be/XUVerZsbYiw
barrenvagoina on May 9th, 2021 at 18:45 UTC »
This is a female angler fish, the males are absolutely tiny and literally useless, they can’t hunt or anything. So they find a female and literally absorb into her to fertilise her eggs and “live” off her like a parasite. females have been seen to have up to 12 males absorbed into them at one time