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submitted 5 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

So we're just posting straight-up uncensored porn now, cool.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Lewd hand-holding; it’s a scientific fact!

[-] SnekZone@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 5 months ago

Hey uhmm, what are these?

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 13 points 5 months ago

Roommates.

[-] SnekZone@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 5 months ago

Good friends even!

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

I mean look at them.

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 13 points 5 months ago

Microbrachius dicki

[-] Sphks@jlai.lu 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wow, it's not a joke. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbrachius

With picture : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/ancient-armoured-fish-first-creatures-to-have-sex-9805387.html

[-] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Unfortunately for him, the 19^th^ century discoverer, Robert Dick, did not live to see the 2013 discovery of his namesake's sexual dimorphism (presumably because no imprints of soft tissue had been found back then).

[-] ilovededyoupiggy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

The article:

Microbrachius means “little arms” and refers to the genital limbs that locked male and female fish together when mating. And dicki means – that’s right, you guessed it.

The wiki: