![The Fanfin Seadevil is a species of angler fish. The angler fish in this photo is female, as male anglers are much smaller and parasitic to their female counterparts. : r/TheDepthsBelow The Fanfin Seadevil is a species of angler fish. The angler fish in this photo is female, as male anglers are much smaller and parasitic to their female counterparts. : r/TheDepthsBelow](https://preview.redd.it/o45hxycnvw171.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3941f063ebc0be750d024f5f0046a9b9055c4dd5)
The Fanfin Seadevil is a species of angler fish. The angler fish in this photo is female, as male anglers are much smaller and parasitic to their female counterparts. : r/TheDepthsBelow
![Love at first bite: The bizarre, parasitic mating ritual of the anglerfish caught on video | CBC Radio Love at first bite: The bizarre, parasitic mating ritual of the anglerfish caught on video | CBC Radio](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4594277.1522103202!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_940/anglerfish-mating-video.jpg)
Love at first bite: The bizarre, parasitic mating ritual of the anglerfish caught on video | CBC Radio
![TIL that only female Anglerfish have lures and actively look for food. The males are tiny and pale and spend their entire life finding and fusing to female Anglers, where they begin TIL that only female Anglerfish have lures and actively look for food. The males are tiny and pale and spend their entire life finding and fusing to female Anglers, where they begin](https://external-preview.redd.it/honP9CgjkZOab8mrAFGJzxESNEfQKqhUrLK_3jQCJeA.jpg?auto=webp&s=b7dd5811020b8323266b1592f7ee65d52a1e0ecd)
TIL that only female Anglerfish have lures and actively look for food. The males are tiny and pale and spend their entire life finding and fusing to female Anglers, where they begin
![It sucks to be a male anglerfish. They're puny compared to female and incapable of surviving on their own. Immediately after hatching it latches to nearest female fusing with it for good. It sucks to be a male anglerfish. They're puny compared to female and incapable of surviving on their own. Immediately after hatching it latches to nearest female fusing with it for good.](https://i.redd.it/q3s0fyyugpqa1.jpg)
It sucks to be a male anglerfish. They're puny compared to female and incapable of surviving on their own. Immediately after hatching it latches to nearest female fusing with it for good.
![Angler Fish and All the Other Members of the Animal Kingdom Who Have Awful Sex | by Sam Dworkin | MEL Magazine | Medium Angler Fish and All the Other Members of the Animal Kingdom Who Have Awful Sex | by Sam Dworkin | MEL Magazine | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:900/1*Mb040UM7_7nvsLu5ViX3ew.png)