This is a hairy frogfish with a lure
The rod you see is a modified dorsal spine called the illicium and is topped with the esca or "lure" which lures in animals believing it to be a meal
The lure can resemble fish, shrimp, tubeworms, or a formless lu
Thinking about evolution is so wild. This thing is just as "evolved" as we are. That little dangly lure thing and the camouflage WORK, because if it didn't, the hairy frogfish wouldn't be here for us to look at. I vote we all return to the ocean as a species. Shit sucks up here. Colonize the seafloor.
Okay, but are the bones and muscles used in this walking action the same ones, or is this an octopus-eye situation? That locomotion seems much more mammal-like than any amphibian or reptile I can recall.
hetnkik999
Way to surrender, loser.
TexMexHex
I bud of mine has a frog fish in a 200 gallon. It is the only fish, lots and lots of coral. It is awesome.
scoutMoonDiver
DouglasPouchOfHolding
TIL frogfish look like lionfish with arthritis
FractalChainsaw
"Makin' my way downstream..."
flaminhotcheetofingers
Why friend shape???
SwedenAndersson
Yeah sure, .. but why? Some creatures of this earth just make me feel like.. ok I guess I accept that but also what
sintares3000
Hey, that was my nickname in high school!
Idownvotewatches
I wouldn't say it has "allure" myself, but whatever floats your boat - you do you (and the frog fish if he's keen).
weidermeijer
I can see how that lure would work.
Tara55
Can he see?
FizzleBurger
Oh hey, I think I've seen a mimic octopus do an impression of this guy https://youtu.be/t-LTWFnGmeg?t=73
natachan
I've seen this Futurama episode, if you remove the actor's bag, he eats your soul
ArcadiaBerger
As one of my kids said when he was first learning English . . . "Is dis a real...?"
aShogunNamedMarcus
Legit looks right out of the Jim Henson creature shop
ArcadiaBerger
Nah - Henson would have wanted something more realistic.
doctorbocker
Yeah I'm more interested in the two-legged walking than the lure.
DontcallmeLen
I didn't know Trump could swim.
ArcadiaBerger
Can't be donald - it's working for its lunch.
Sthealthkit
No it's my penis after puberty
theresaviviers25772
Yeah
Allusernamesaretakensoichoosethis
Fatloudorangecat
If Trump were a fish.
VinnyVeritas
Why are the billionaire idiots wasting time & $ trying to go to Mars when the aliens are right here in the oceans?
drduffer
It isn’t the lure that I find fascinating. It’s the fact that the fish prefers walking to swimming.
FriscoCorvinus
I'm not entirely convinced this isn't a Cyriak animation.
eyesoftheearth
That Donald Trump in his next reincarnation
ArcadiaBerger
He doesn;t deserve to start over that high on the pyramid.
TheyDontKnowAndYouCantTellEm
Thank god it doesn't have a 10mm
blainetog
It is that fish's cod-given right to own a 10mm!
NinjaCongo
It used to, but it can't find it.
afnoot42
No, I think evolution weeded out the gun-totin fish
NinjaCongo
TheMayorOfTittyCity
"Formless Lu" was my nickname in high school
JoeMangoJello
Haha, came here to make that exact joke, only "in college"
CloseupCaptionReaction
So titles are now able to fit the whole description including line breaks?!
michiyl
Might have worked on the Android app but on a Firefox browser on a PC, there is no line break. I can guess where it is, but it's not used.
Rise422
SternoTesticularLigament
This foo is walking
randomwalrus
Somebody call the drummer for Nirvana, he may know how we can contact Dave Grohl. This foo needs to be fought!
SternoTesticularLigament
Those are foo fighting words
mannabananarama
Feelin cute…might evolve later.
theskepticinme
If there were significant environmental pressure to do so; over numerous generations, then yeah
StewedTomaters
Thinking about evolution is so wild. This thing is just as "evolved" as we are. That little dangly lure thing and the camouflage WORK, because if it didn't, the hairy frogfish wouldn't be here for us to look at. I vote we all return to the ocean as a species. Shit sucks up here. Colonize the seafloor.
afnoot42
Then we'd probably mess that up
StewedTomaters
Nothing could possibly go wrong.
prolorus
And the frog fish is WALKING
ArcadiaBerger
On two limbs that move very much like the legs of a mammal, but which I'm pretty sure bear no phylogenetic relationship to them whatsoever.
StewedTomaters
Pectoral fins of ray-finned fish are analogous to human arms. They develop from the same structures.
ArcadiaBerger
Okay, but are the bones and muscles used in this walking action the same ones, or is this an octopus-eye situation? That locomotion seems much more mammal-like than any amphibian or reptile I can recall.
prolorus
Thanx