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Angler fish giving new meaning to the term, codependency 😬⁣ ⁣ Reproduction in angler fish is quite the ritual. Females of the species are usually significantly larger than their male counterparts. Being dwarfed by the female, a male angler fish will try to “land” on the female’s belly area to get as close to her reproductive organs as possible, so that when they spawn there is a greater chance to inseminate the eggs. Spawning merges both individuals’ circulatory and digestive systems, meaning t

The anglerfish is WAY smaller than we thought, and these scaled pictures prove it

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