#DidYouKnow- Most octopus females will mate with a male and then bite his head off-But Scientists have recently discovered a species that mates beak to beak!
Ross and Roy Caldwell of the University of California (Berkeley Campus) have discovered that the larger Pacific striped octopus
🐙 Share dens and meals, whereas most octopuses are loners (if not cannibals).
🐙 mate as often as daily, and females lay eggs over months; in most other species, females die after raising one brood.
🐙 And though most octopuses couple warily, at arm’s length, LPSOs mate with the beaks on their undersides pressed together, as if kissing. :)
The battling octopi “use a sort of inverted jet propulsion” to chuck the shells, videographer Peter Godfrey-Smith explained. They gather up projectiles in their many arms, and then shoot water out of their siphons to give their throws some added oomph.
While Victor Huang was free-diving in the waters off the coast of New Zealand he encountered an octopus that took a liking to his shiny new waterproof camera. The cheeky cephalopod turned out to be a kleptopus as it immediately snatched the camera out of Huang’s hand and swam away. But that was just the beginning of their shared undersea adventure. Watch this video, shot by both human and octopus, to learn the entire story:
