Anonymous asked:
Do you have any favorite examples of bizarre sexual dimorphism in nature?
bunjywunjy answered:
sure do!
the blanket octopus is a wonderous creature. reaching about two meters in length, the females glide majestically through the tropical south seas, trailing two huge vibrant coattail cloaks of fused tentacle webbing behind them!
they use their brightly-colored cloak as an intimidation factor, tricking predator and prey alike into thinking that they’re MUCH bigger than they actually are! look at this, would you mess with this?? I would not mess with this.
the males, on the other tentacle arm, are about an inch long.
*squeaky toy noise*



