Talk:Triplewart seadevil

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Appendages to supply sperm

Males are free swimming when young but before they mature these small fishes (about a tenth the size of the female) attach themselves permanently to the hind body of the female and become parasitic. Their blood supply becomes continuous with that of the female and most of the internal organs degenerate: they become simply appendages to supply sperm when required.

Creepy. Arronax · ^talk 20:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What I do not understand is if the males are a necessary part of the triplewart seadevil's life-cycle, then why do we call them "parasitic"? T4kato (talk) 03:20, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because the males fit the definition of a parasite; that is, living in symbiosis with the female but taking all his nourishment from her. =Axlq 03:24, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't fit the wikipedia definition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.225.177.74 (talk) 19:32, 15 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Just a joke, don't mind me.

A part of me wishes we could use this as a reference: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/angler -- JasonWoof (talk) 05:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]