This Mating Dance is Like Nothing You’ve Seen Before | BBC Wildlife
Researchers have shed light on the unexpectedly fascinating mating dance of a type of marine worm called Platynereis dumerilii. Credit: Ryan Null
Researchers have shed light on the unexpectedly fascinating mating dance of a type of marine worm called Platynereis dumerilii.
In the footage, one marine worm shimmies across the seabed while another loop-the-loops through the water like it’s on a rollercoaster.
“Responding to phases of the , males and females will rise up in the water column to mate,” Nipam Patel, director at the , who shared the video of the marine worms performing a mating dance.
Source: 'Eggs and sperm float around them like snow': this mating dance is like nothing you’ve seen before | BBC Wildlife