Sunday 15 July 2012

sweet lips


On the left is a cuckoo wrasse: males of this species are blue and orange, while females are pink. Some females change color and become males. On the right is a harlequin sweetlips: the color and movement of the juvenile mimics a toxic flatworm. Both of these fishes are evidently very cuddly.

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  1. Looks like the lady has a thing for the harlequin sweetlips! Fun.

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  2. fascinating! Truth really is stranger than fiction.

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    1. But these fish aren't really cuddly: I made up that part. =smile=

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