Odd types of reproduction in animals (1)

Instead of looking for a girl in the vast sea, the male anglerfish turned into a permanent parasite. As a child, she swam freely, and clung to any female that passed, and gradually merged her body with the female.

With sharp teeth, the male anglerfish clung to any girl swimming. Over time, it unites her body into the female, connecting her skin and blood vessels and dissecting her eyes as well as the entire internal organs, except for the testicles. A female can bring her to 6 guys like that, or more.

Anglerfish sea fish with angry looks deserves to be called weirdos. They seem to be the ugliest creatures on earth, and live in the most unimaginable places: lonely deep sea without light. There are more than 200 species of anglerfish, most living in the mud bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and the South Sea, kilometers from the sea, although some of them also live in shallow tropical regions.

Anglerfish had a big head and a large crescent-shaped mouth filled with sharp, sharp teeth. Some can be quite large, up to 1 meter long. But most of them are quite small, usually less than 30 centimeters.

Their most unusual feature, only in females, is a piece of spine sticking out just above the mouth, which looks like a fishing rod. With the ability to glow, this fake trap attracts incoming prey. Thanks to the huge mouth and the flexible body, Anglerfish can swallow a prey that is twice as large as its body.

Anglerfish fish with extremely ugly appearance and " fishing rod " above the head. (Photo: National Geographic)

T. An