Romantic octopuses who mate beak-to-beak defy loner stereotype – video
by Guardian Staff from on (#HSQS)
Biologist Rich Ross at the California Academy of Sciences says a batch of octopuses from Central America doesn't fit the loner profile that scientists had drawn for the rest of the species. While most octopuses live alone, coming together briefly for dangerous mating, couples of this species mate beak-to-beak in a romantic way and stay together for a few days
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