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tomjen3 on March 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: James Cameron's entirely new submarine

Google would totally build those as soon as they find a way to sell ads to angler fish (I am betting there is a market for dating services, at least for male angler fish).

At the moment though there doesn't seem any reason to do that.

polyfractal on March 19, 2012 | [–]

Obligatory link to The Oatmeal's angler fish comic:

"How the male angler fish gets completely screwed"

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/angler

pgbovine on March 19, 2012 | [–]

long-term "blue sky" research is, by definition, done without an eye towards profitability.

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