'Icarus of the deep': How a dying anglerfish became a social media sensation
In February, researchers from conservation organization Condrik Tenerife were about two kilometers off the coast of Tenerife ...
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Gen Zs are literally sobbing over viral video of ‘small but mighty’ anglerfish: ‘We are so proud’
The male anglerfish is a sexual parasite that impregnates the female by fusing itself to her body and pumping her with sperm like a lecherous lamprey.
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How a dying anglerfish became a global icon on social media
A humpback anglerfish, usually found deep underwater, was filmed near the surface. The amazed scientists and sparked online ...
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Marine expert addresses viral anglerfish video that broke millions of hearts: 'A lot of hypotheses'
"The second most important thing I want to clarify is that it was a female, since the males are no more than two, three centimeters long," Jara continued, adding that male anglerfish also lack ...
How a dying anglerfish became the darling of social media
The creatures are named for their bioluminescent lure (or esca). This modified dorsal fin ray can produce a glow used to fish (or angle) for prey in the dim depths of the sea. The bioluminescence is ...
Here’s how dying anglerfish became social media sensation
The video has provoked an enormously empathetic response on social media, with some seeing the fish as a feminist icon or an ...
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Black seadevil anglerfish spotted near the surface in rare sighting
Male anglerfish are very small and lack the lighted lures. The rare sighting was captured in a video by marine wildlife photographer David Jara Boguñá. “It could be the first recorded sighting ...