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.

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 lunar cycle, males and females will rise up in the water column to mate,” Nipam Patel, director at the Marine Biological Laboratory, who shared the video of the marine worms performing a mating dance. Read rest of story here.

Source: 'Eggs and sperm float around them like snow': this mating dance is like nothing you’ve seen before | BBC Wildlife