anglerfish

Monster from the deep! Anglerfish with a lifeless glaze and pointed teeth washes on California beach

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Monster from the deep! Anglerfish that lures prey with a luminescent stalk, has teeth like pointed shards of glass and a mouth that can swallow fish its own size whole washes up on California beach A Pacific Football fish, a species of an anglerfish, washed up in California The creature is deemed a rare find for … Read more

Deep-sea anglerfish ‘fuse’ bodies with their partners when they mate 

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Deep-sea anglerfish take sexual intimacy to the next level by ‘fusing’ bodies with their partners when they mate, a study reveals. In an amazing display of sexual submission, the smaller male anglerfish becomes permanently attached to the relatively gigantic female, resulting in their tissue fusing and the two animals establishing a common blood circulation system. … Read more