Weird Killer of the Deep | World's Weirdest

The anglerfish uses a shiny lure to bring prey within range of its sharp teeth. But it also has a weirdly clingy side — after finding a female, the male black devil angler latches on and never lets go!

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Weird Killer of the Deep | World's Weirdest

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[crusaderjunior]

This gives a whole new meaning to "Till' death do us part".

[antitheist]

that moment when that angler fish has a girlfriend and you dont.. 

[populousmass]

Now make a video explaining the technology that allows you to get such awesome footage at this depth...

[TheSnorlax]

I'd have hated to be the poor bastard who first discovered this thing. :(

[almightyrickyy_]

Whos here because they saw about the angler fish washed up on instagram lol ?

[marcusxe]

who knows this fish because it was from Finding Nemo lol ?

[Skeksistential-crisis]

I adore angler fish. They're so ugly and bizarre, but I just love them <3

[Abdullah-ctdk]

"Even if it's difficult to find food this deep, it's more difficult to find a girl friend here."
IM LAUGHING SO HARD

[leonardfields]

Here after football fish washed on shore in Cali

[GojiBoiEarth]

Angler Fish in Finding Nemo: *scarier than the sharks*

Angler Fishes irl:

[RandomTwat]

Just imagine being in deep ocean, seeing nothing but darkness, only a little later you see a little light coming toward you and then after it's closer you see the angler fish' ugly ass mug.

[AllySmiles]

WTF!!! Did just see Hitler inside the Devil's mouth at 1:24?

[userisalone]

I don’t want to be alive knowing that there’s probably more terrifying deep sea fish in the ocean that are waaaay more horrifying than the angler fish...

[hexcoder]

"Thank you deep sea angler fish, for bringing so much weirdness into our lives." Lol

[ahasidic]

Who here after seeing that football fish wash up on the beach

[SIXTYZmusic]

I'm seeing things at 1:24 I thought I saw a hitler in the fish's mouth

[kingfsoforange]

Dont be afraid of the dark, be afraid of the light 😅

[taylorthornton]

0:20 Same sound bit A$AP Rocky used in his song Electric Body.

[osiris]

"He will draw sustenance from her for the rest of his life.  In return, the female has a ready supply of sperm for whenever she's ready to mate". 

Huh... kind of reminds me of my sister's boyfriend...

[FernandoCarvalho]

I love this weird fish, specially, because of their bioluminescence.