Movember Underwater: This Mexican Fish Grows Mustache To Attract Females

The power of Movember has spread to the water. The popular men's health movement that takes place every November is centered on men growing facial hair to both raise awareness of prostate cancer, and (obviously) to look awesome. It seems that since #Movember participants have been sure to land a date once their lip foliage fully settles in under their noses, our friends at sea have adapted as well in the form of the Mexican Molly Fish.The Mexican Molly is a fish found primarily in Mexico in freshwater. The species had not been studied in detail until 2010, when scientists investigated the strange mating habits and realized that males were growing good old fashioned lip caps and had no idea what the reasoning was behind these whiskers.It was then that Professor Ingo Schlupp, a zoologist at the University of Oklahoma in Norman, put together a study that confirmed my grandfathers hypothesis he'd spouted since the 1970's: "the chicks dig a good mustache." The study put male and female Mollies in the same tank and observed their mating habits. The males with mustaches were much more attractive and had increased activity with the females, while the males without mustaches re-watched Breaking Bad on Netflix alone every Friday and Saturday night.For the single anglers, there may not be a more compelling reason to participate in Movember, or to go to Mexico and catch a Mexican Molly Fish and see these 'staches in person.Some pictures of the underwater crumb catchers below via BBC: