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[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 51 points 10 hours ago (11 children)

She will quite literally absorb the male until he’s nothing but a pair of gonads hanging off her side and she just takes the sperm when she wants. The male ceases to exist at that point. Brutal.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 42 points 10 hours ago (8 children)

Brutal? The male bites her in order to merge with her! He connects to her circulatory system and takes all his sustenance from her.

He has found his sugar momma and he’s never gonna give her up!

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder how many males can be attached at once

[–] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 19 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

The females can host multiple males, some fishermen have reported 8 or more males attached to a single female. The biggest limiting factor is them finding each other in the first place. Angler fish are solitary creatures and the ocean is fucking huge.

[–] perishthethought@piefed.social 9 points 9 hours ago

Oh as a lay person, this just keeps getting better and better...

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