dirtydirtychai:

postmodernmulticoloredcloak:

flylittlekoala:

the first time EVER scientists managed to spot a pair of deep sea octopi mating it turned out to be 1. two males and 2. two males of different species 3. the much smaller octopus was clearly topping. neither of the octopi showed any sign of distress, so they clearly were into it, and octopi are too smart not to know what they were doing. source

the animal kingdom is a lot gayer than people want you to believe.

everything about this documentary is amazing 

dramatic zoom on the sexing octopuses 

“the little white male is trying to mate with an octopus over four times his size” something tells me straight octopus research scientists don’t get out to gay bars much 

narrator: this third arm is the male’s reproductive organ. 

*video of octopuses sexing it up* 

narrator: in these unique pictures, the smaller octopus is inserting his reproductive arm under the mantle of the larger octopus and attempting to copulate.

*video shows large octopus’ tentacle reaching up to caress the smaller white one* 

narrator: but why?

(via prettyprettypretties)

Source: youtu.be

aokamidu:

Sharing because I think it’s interesting to see how and why Pixar went with an octopus for the companion animal for Finding Dory: the technology’s there now to animate all eight independent limbs.  Neat.

I don’t really care about the movie though - sorry!

(via aokamidu-deactivated20161031)

Source: youtube.com

octopusthingz:

#DidYouKnow when discovered, an octopus will release a cloud of black ink to obscure its attacker’s view, giving it time to swim away. The ink even contains a substance that dulls a predator’s sense of smell, making the fleeing octopus harder to track. Fast swimmers, they can jet forward by expelling water through their mantles. And their soft bodies can squeeze into impossibly small cracks and crevices where predators can’t follow. 📽: @natgeofound

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