Screw it, this was a thread I made, but I think it'd make a better blog post. So it will become one. The original is chilling in General Discussion over here.

So there's this kind of deepsea Anglerfish called Haplophryne mollis, or the Soft Leafvent Angler.

If you don't know what anglerfish are, here's some general info in the spoiler:

So anyway, this species, Haplophryne mollis has a pretty major problem; they're aren't any mates around. These fish are fairly rare, and they like to spread out, so they're are seldom more than two or three within the same general area, and what are the chances that they'd meet up while both being the fish equivalent of horny?

Cue evolutionary weirdness.

Males are born as these tiny little dudes with highly developed senses of smell. When they become sexually mature, their digestive tracts begin to fail, which is a biological sign to get a fucking move-on and find a wife.

So when they do find a female, they bite into their side and release saliva that digests both the skin of the female and the mouth of the male. Then they fuse together as blood vessels of the female join those of the male. The males body receives nutrients from the females bloodstream, eventually becoming a part of her, and then gradually degenerates into a pair of testicles in a vaguely fish-shaped sack.

So don't any of you ever complain that somebody is using you. You could've been born as a male Anglerfish. And if Hinduism is correct and you're a massive dick your whole life, you might reincarnate as one.