“Sometimes they’re caught and they have whole fish in their stomachs. If you touch the stomachs, it’s quite squishy, for lack of a better term.” But don’t worry too much about these deep-sea horrors: They’re far too small to hurt a human , making their oversized teeth and misshapen bodies…. Are angler fish still alive? … Read more
deep-sea anglerfish fuse bodies to mate thanks to an odd immune system. Some species of anglerfish – the deep-sea predator that uses a luminous lure to attract prey – have a bizarre way of reproducing: they fuse with their mates We now know how the fish can fuse tissues without triggering a potent immune response. … Read more
It’s hard to find a partner in the dark depths , so a tiny male anglerfish fuses its tissues to a more massive female during mating , allowing the two to share not only sperm but even blood and skin (SN: 7/26/75). What is the difference between male and female angler fish ? Females have … Read more