Falala~
Okay, got my computer fixed up, and installed most of the needed programs. Running okay so far, but seems to have some problems with the internet connection at times. Still have to clear out my old harddisk. 77GB of junk.
This picture that you see here - as well as all the anglerfishes that you usually see on TV which looks like this - are actually female.
So where are the males?
Well, here they are, and they are much much tinier than the females. And according to wikipedia, they have no digestive system, and thus are unable to feed independently. So what do they do?
With their olfactory senses, the male would locate the female. When he does so, he bites onto her, excretes an enzyme which fuses the male and the female together down to the blood vessel level. In this way, it ensuers that a mate is always available for the female. Of course, as with how the praying mantis would eat its mate, or how a type of baby spiders would feast on their mum, these all ensures the survival and evolution of that particular species.
But really, a male whose purpose is nothing other than to mate? It fuses with the female, becomes a parasitic lump and its life just ends there? Makes you wonder what happened during the course of evolution. Maybe if we guys, decide now to just kick back, be couch potatoes, and let out girlfriends/wives do all the work. Somewhere down the line of evolution, we might turn out just like that. *Gasp*
I therefore, hereby coin this new phase.
"You are as useless as a male anglerfish!"
Girls, please use it on your useless boyfriends.
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