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  • This week's fun animal fact: when the anglerfish mates, the males (which are around 60x smaller than females) will seek out a pheromone given off by the females. Once he finds a female, he will bite into her, his mouth dissolves, their tissues fuse, and the two will eventually share a circulatory system. The male's eyes or nose (depending on the species) will degenerate, and his testicles mature. From then on, the male becomes an "appendage" of the female, and his only purpose is to fertilize the female's eggs. The males also pretty much shrivel up (small appendage at the top). Also, multiple males can attach to a single female, up to 8 at a time. After fusing with a male, the female's immune system would destroy the male, but their immune systems can't product functional antibodies, so they're fine, but it isn't clear as of now how females survive with a non-functioning immune system. If a male does not fuse with a female in time, then he will die, as males don't have the ability to eat. However, not all anglerfish species reproduce this way, (only 23 of the 160 species do) and the others reproduce normally, but they're not nearly as interesting.

    I will be back next week with another fun animal fact.

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  • thatonefurdude264 said:
    This week's fun animal fact: when the anglerfish mates, the males (which are around 60x smaller than females) will seek out a pheromone given off by the females. Once he finds a female, he will bite into her, his mouth dissolves, their tissues fuse, and the two will eventually share a circulatory system. The male's eyes or nose (depending on the species) will degenerate, and his testicles mature. From then on, the male becomes an "appendage" of the female, and his only purpose is to fertilize the female's eggs. The males also pretty much shrivel up (small appendage at the top). Also, multiple males can attach to a single female, up to 8 at a time. After fusing with a male, the female's immune system would destroy the male, but their immune systems can't product functional antibodies, so they're fine, but it isn't clear as of now how females survive with a non-functioning immune system. If a male does not fuse with a female in time, then he will die, as males don't have the ability to eat. However, not all anglerfish species reproduce this way, (only 23 of the 160 species do) and the others reproduce normally, but they're not nearly as interesting.

    I will be back next week with another fun animal fact.

    Bonus fact: Chameleons change color not only to blended into their surroundings but it color also change based on it mood and emotions but not in a way we think, they don’t change their color when anger, but will when they’re wanting to reflect a desire to mate or fight an opposing male, or as a sign of submission to those who may see them as a threat.

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  • thatonefurdude264 said:
    This week's fun animal fact: when the anglerfish mates, the males (which are around 60x smaller than females) will seek out a pheromone given off by the females. Once he finds a female, he will bite into her, his mouth dissolves, their tissues fuse, and the two will eventually share a circulatory system. The male's eyes or nose (depending on the species) will degenerate, and his testicles mature. From then on, the male becomes an "appendage" of the female, and his only purpose is to fertilize the female's eggs. The males also pretty much shrivel up (small appendage at the top). Also, multiple males can attach to a single female, up to 8 at a time. After fusing with a male, the female's immune system would destroy the male, but their immune systems can't product functional antibodies, so they're fine, but it isn't clear as of now how females survive with a non-functioning immune system. If a male does not fuse with a female in time, then he will die, as males don't have the ability to eat. However, not all anglerfish species reproduce this way, (only 23 of the 160 species do) and the others reproduce normally, but they're not nearly as interesting.

    I will be back next week with another fun animal fact.

    Sheesh, that's worse than Praying Mantis's biting the males head off. Become an appendage and just dissolve away until you are just your testicles sounds pretty creepy. Would make for a great horror movie. Truth stranger than fiction!

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  • xxxlordxxx said:
    Bonus fact: Chameleons change color not only to blended into their surroundings but it color also change based on it mood and emotions but not in a way we think, they don’t change their color when anger, but will when they’re wanting to reflect a desire to mate or fight an opposing male, or as a sign of submission to those who may see them as a threat.

    Bonus fun chameleon fact: In Madagascar, there live Brookesia nana, also known as the nano-chameleon. And they are the cutest chameleon ever :3

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  • Curious scientific fact, bismuth is the element that can live the longest, it is estimated that when the universe begins the great decay there will still be bismuth existing.

    See you next chapter :D

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