Friday Cephalopod: Mating swarm!

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Octopus kaurna

Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.

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pr0n!

Now that's a tangled bank.

So if you're one of the males, how do you know you've delivered the packet? You have to know so you can get a "high tentacle" from your homies.

I wntd t thnk y fr ths xcllnt rd!! I dfntly lvd vry lttl bt f t. I hv y bkmrkd yr st t chck t th ltst stff y pst.

By Anabel Niffenegger (not verified) on 01 Jan 2010 #permalink