boy these fishes sure are horny
the open access journal Evo dvo
has just reported that there's a fish
out there called the African annual fish
that has the most rapid sexual
maturation of any vertebrate species
basically these fishes are being born
then they hit puberty and then they go
crazy with the sex and then they make a
bunch of babies then they kick the bucket
making baby noises
I want a candy Mom Dad it's my own life
quit telling me what to do
yo, what's up my name's Tony
people call me Todd
Honey, you were supposed to take
out the trash again
Marissa, put that down
All my friends are dead and soon I will be too
so basically these guys don't have a lot of
time to live their life because
what happens to puddles of rain in Africa?
dramatically sips from cup
They dry up talk about Hakuna Matata
not to worry though because these fish
are built to handle this kind of stuff
a report made by Martin Richard
stated that they can grow up to 23% of their body length
in a day and start reproducing around 17 days old then
their eggs can make it to the hatching
stage in as few as 15 days which means
these fish are making it from one generation to the next
in about a month
so , what happens to the eggs when the water dries up
and they haven't hatched yet
not to worry the dormant embryos of the African annual fish can survive in
in dried mud for months
but hey you can't blame them cuz when life's short you got
to play hard
so what would would you guys do if you had
the lifespan of annual fish
I'd probably
I don't know all right well
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boy those fish are horny