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Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips!
Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips!
Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips!
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I want to spend more time watching redlip blennies. They mate beginning at first light in two week cycles that start ten days before the full moon. The mating sessions last about three hours each morning, and males generally have female visitors every day. Sometimes the same females come back, but usually there are different mixes among males and females. Females spawn every other day with up to five different males during the two week session. Male redlip blennies are good dads. They maintain the nests, and even secrete an antimicrobial mucus that helps keep the eggs healthy until they hatch. Redlip dads have anal glands that are part of the attraction for the females. In a recent study in the Adriatic Sea, females sought out males with larger glands - typically older larger males. According to the study, “The finding that females prefer males exhibiting larger glands, capable of producing more secretion, provides the first indication of possible female choice for the direct benefit of male antibacterial protection.” Another study shows that males will also take over an abandoned nest, provide care and attract females to lay additional eggs. So, if the guy next door gets eaten, the neighbor is capable of snatching the new territory and keeping the nest clean and bacteria-free, enhancing the survival rate for that nest.

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Release dateAug 27, 2017
ISBN9781370210176
Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips!
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Tim Grollimund

Tim spent nearly a decade in Key Largo, Florida. He wrote the scuba diving column for the local newspaper, The Reporter, for over three years, and also served as a Working Group member and Alternate Representative on the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. His ebooks are all based on his newspaper columns. Each ebook has a collection of underwater images shot by Tim. The ebooks cover a wide range of marine life species and ocean conservation topics.

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    Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips! - Tim Grollimund

    Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips!

    Tim Grollimund

    Author: Tim Grollimund

    Date Published: July xx, 2017

    ISBN: 978-1-3702101-7-6

    Publisher: Smashwords Edition

    Copyright © Apex Global Solutions LLC 2017. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, displayed, modified or distributed without the prior and express written permission of the copyright holder. All inquiries via timgrollimund.com

    Table of Contents

    Oh! Those Sweet Red Lips!

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    The Reporter

    Redlip Blennies

    About The Author

    Other eBooks, Prints and Keepsakes

    Articles I used to write this column

    Acknowledgments

    To Dad, who knew I loved the sea, and always encouraged me to pursue my passion.

    Introduction

    When I moved to the Florida Keys in 2009, I had one objective in mind. Simply, to become highly proficient as

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