# Odd thing I learned today **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 3, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044 "2009-09-03T13:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/1 "2009-09-03T13:49:00Z")
From my fact-o-day calendar. > **[Anglerfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish)** > > The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (/ˌlɒfiɪˈfɔːrmiːz/). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence comes from symbiotic bacteria, which are thought to be acquired from seawater, that dwell in and around the sea. > Some anglerfish are notable for extreme sexual dimorphism and sexual symbiosis of the small male with the much larger female,... > **Reproduction** > Anglerfish employ an unusual mating method. Because individuals are presumably locally rare and encounters doubly so, finding a mate is problematic. When scientists first started capturing ceratioid anglerfish, they noticed that all of the specimens were females. These individuals were a few inches in size and almost all of them had what appeared to be [parasites](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite) attached to them. It turned out that these “parasites” were the remains of male [ceratioids](http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ceratioid&action=edit&redlink=1). > At birth, male ceratioids are already equipped with extremely well developed [olfactory organs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory_system) that detect scents in the water. When it is mature, the male’s [digestive](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive) system degenerates, making him incapable of feeding independently, which necessitates his quickly finding a female anglerfish to prevent his death. The sensitive olfactory organs help the male to detect the [pheromones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pheromone) that signal the proximity of a female anglerfish. When he finds a female, he bites into her skin, and releases an [enzyme](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme) that digests the skin of his mouth and her body, fusing the pair down to the blood-vessel level. The male then [atrophies](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrophies) into nothing more than a pair of [gonads](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonads), which releases [sperm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatozoon) in response to [hormones](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormones) in the female’s bloodstream indicating [egg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovum) release. And we thought boxxa needed a woman bad. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/2 "2009-09-03T13:54:30Z")
roflwtfover ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/3 "2009-09-03T13:55:59Z")
![http://palmgoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/the_more_you_know2.jpg](http://palmgoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/the_more_you_know2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/4 "2009-09-03T13:57:17Z")
im aroused by this… ---
**Author:** ![lsvtechatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@lsvtechatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lsvtechatch)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/5 "2009-09-03T14:00:08Z")
I would like to witness such a feat of reproduction. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/6 "2009-09-03T14:04:07Z")
Best part lol… The male then atrophies into nothing more than a pair of gonads, which releases sperm in response to hormones in the female’s bloods That is all we are good for. ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/7 "2009-09-03T14:06:15Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#): > > Best part lol… > The male then atrophies into nothing more than a pair of gonads, which releases sperm in response to hormones in the female’s bloods > > That is all we are good for. =marriage ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-thing-i-learned-today/73044/8 "2009-09-03T14:06:53Z")
haha i hate you