Male sex ornaments are fishing lures, literally

Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

Talk about a bait-and-switch. Male representatives of the tropical fish known as swordtail characins have flag-like sex ornaments that catch mates just like the bait on a fishing rod would.

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