Dropping some #anglerfish factoids: Anglerfish teeth are curved backward. So if something tries to escape, it just shoves itself deeper into the mouthal abyss of doom. 🌊🦑 #Anglerfish #Evolution #Science
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Sure, deep-sea anglerfish look massive in photos, but most could fit in your hand. Doesn’t make them any less awesome. 🌊 #Anglerfish #Marinelife #SciOutreach
Love for #anglerfish males means biting your partner, fusing into their body, and spending the rest of your life as a glorified sperm bank. Romance isn’t dead—it’s just parasitic. 💕🌊 #Evolution #SciPublic
That glowing lure? It’s not the fish doing the glowing. It’s bacteria living inside the lure, pulling off deep-sea bioluminescent wizardry. Nature is weird and spectacular. 🌊✨ #Anglerfish #Bioluminescence
Most animals need big muscles to survive. Anglerfish? Nah. They’re gelatinous blobs...of efficiency—wasting no energy until it’s time to ruin a prey's day. 🌊 #Anglerfish #Oceanography #Marinelife
Deep-sea anglerfish are some of the only fish that can see red light. That means they can make their own invisible flashlight to hunt with. Unfair? Yes. Effective? Absolutely. 🌊🔴 #Anglerfish #Bioluminescence
The anglerfish lure doesn’t just glow—it moves like a tiny, struggling animal. It’s bait that wants to be eaten. Until of course the inevitable happens. 🌊🦑 #Anglerfish #Marinelife #DeepSea
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