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#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. :)

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