Deep-sea Footballfish rare stranding

[Debi]

Nightmarish deep-sea footballfish washes up on California beach in rare stranding

A deep-sea Pacific footballfish found on Moro Beach in Crystal Cove State Park is the second of this species to wash up in recent years, but the reason behind the strandings remains a mystery.

www.livescience.com

 

[garnetsilver]

Those female angler fish sound like a fatal attraction deal for the males!

 

[Tworivers71]

Fish tacoooooooooooooooooos!

Kidding. That thing is gross.

 

[Lynne]

A great fish for the Halloween season. The female sure got hit with the ugly stick.

 

[GoneWestUtah]

Those female angler fish sound like a fatal attraction deal for the males!

I don't know, it sounds like a pretty good gig, to me.

From the article:

"about 10 times as large as some of their male counterparts, which have evolved to latch onto females and act as lifelong parasitic providers of sperm on-tap."

 

[Lynne]

I don't know, it sounds like a pretty good gig, to me.

From the article:

"about 10 times as large as some of their male counterparts, which have evolved to latch onto females and act as lifelong parasitic providers of sperm on-tap."

lol