colepotera are our real masters

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• Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Based on the several thousands hours’ worth of random documentaries I’ve seen, then that huge thing is the female.

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  • embed_me@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yep plus the male either dies and gets eaten or gets fused to the females body or something

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    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Life isn’t a gift when you’re a male insect… giving life, on the other hand, is just a horrible curse.

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    • spicytuna62@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Isn’t that basically the same life cycle as anglerfish?

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• TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Anglerfish has entered the chat.

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  • DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is cooler to live in the time where that is the male, or where the male is just another organ within the fish?

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• weariedfae@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sexual dimorphism is one of those terms that gets stuck in my head like a catchy tune.

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