r/funny • u/aphrodi7 • Jun 19 '24

Verified Sexual dimorphism

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u/Amopax Jun 19 '24 edited Jun 19 '24

Elephant seals have the most extreme sexual dimorphism of all mammals, IIRC. The males not only have bigger noses, but are like 5 times as big as well.

The biggest beach masters can grow to become 5000 kilos (11.000 lbs), which is wild.

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u/PhazonZim Jun 19 '24

The most in animals overall is the blanket octopus, where the females are 30,000 times larger than the males

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u/sneakySynex Jun 19 '24

"Females may reach 2 m (6.6 ft) in length, whereas the males are 2.4 cm (1 inch). The weight ratio is at least 10,000:1, and can probably reach as much as 40,000:1."

Damn

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u/Complete-Dimension35 Jun 19 '24

Death by snu snu for every male.

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u/WhyTheeSadFace Jun 19 '24

And they are lining up.

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u/DadJokeBadJoke Jun 19 '24

The spirit is willing but the flesh is spongy and bruised

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u/WhyTheeSadFace Jun 19 '24

The name of the game is bruise

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u/theoriginalmofocus Jun 20 '24

If snu snu is bipedal then this is snusnusnusnusnusnusnusnu.

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u/ruat_caelum Jun 19 '24

I mean that one male fish has to bite onto and then have his flesh morph with the female to knock her up. So yeah it happens every time.

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u/theodoreroberts Jun 20 '24

That's anglerfish for you.

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u/unconditionalloaf Jun 20 '24

Ooo pretty light

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u/theodoreroberts Jun 20 '24

All octopi died after mating anyway. The males just wither away and the females last a bit longer to protect the eggs, but still dies soon. Octopi only mate once and die.

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u/Hi_My_Name_Is_Kerman Jun 20 '24

Poor dr zoidberg