Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions
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By , on July 2nd, 2010 2 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, Music, New Research   , , , , , , , , ,  

Photo of Botryllus schlosseri from the Swalla Lab website Yep, that’s right. They get it on with any male gamete that passes their way. They just don’t give a [rhymes with duck]. Boom chaka-laka-boom. These loose lizzies are all about increasing genetic diversity if you know what I mean. OH, I know you know . . . → Read More: Female Urochordates Have Few, If Any, Inhibitions

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Mommy, Where Do Dwarf Male Harems Come From?
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By , on November 26th, 2008 7 comments   Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Long time readers will be all too aware of my absolute fascination with the bone-devouring zombie worms from the ocean’s depths. Since their discovery merely 6 years ago, researchers have uncovered many discoveries about these strange creatures. To review: Fun Facts on the genus Osedax (meaning “bone-devourer”)! Gather round the whole family! Not only do . . . → Read More: Mommy, Where Do Dwarf Male Harems Come From?

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Ladies of the Bone-Devouring Worm Prefer Their Boys Tiny and in Harems
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By , on March 2nd, 2008 18 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, New Species, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , ,  

These chicas are freaky. But if you lived on a whale vertebrae and eat through bone, perhaps you’d be a little on the kinky side too, right? Osedax, the “bone-devouring” worm is weird. Now, I know long time Deep Sea News readers will be a little used to us talking about odd critters in the . . . → Read More: Ladies of the Bone-Devouring Worm Prefer Their Boys Tiny and in Harems

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