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Octopus Mating
Posted on 9/6/20 at 11:46 am
Posted on 9/6/20 at 11:46 am
Didn’t know this about octopus
The male dies soon after mating, but the female has to live on to lay the eggs, which aren't ready immediately. Death comes because the octopus has used up all of his body's energy in growing, then in mating
Damn the bad luck
The male dies soon after mating, but the female has to live on to lay the eggs, which aren't ready immediately. Death comes because the octopus has used up all of his body's energy in growing, then in mating
Damn the bad luck
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Posted on 9/6/20 at 12:20 pm to Nicky Parrish
One deep dwelling octopus was observed guarding her eggs for 4 and a half years. Which is amazing since most species of Octopus only live 1 or 2 years.
Posted on 9/6/20 at 12:20 pm to Nicky Parrish
Doesn't matter, had sex?
Posted on 9/8/20 at 7:51 am to Nicky Parrish
The female does soon after laying the eggs.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 9:09 am to bkPoseidon
I believe bees do the same thing if I'm not mistaken.
Posted on 9/8/20 at 2:27 pm to Nicky Parrish
Posted on 9/10/20 at 8:39 pm to Arksulli
The octopus is one of the most intelligent creatures on earth. The octopus brain is spread around its body in a unique fashion, extending even into its arms. Imagine if they lived as long as humans.
Posted on 9/11/20 at 5:43 am to Kentucker
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The octopus is one of the most intelligent creatures on earth. The octopus brain is spread around its body in a unique fashion, extending even into its arms. Imagine if they lived as long as humans.
They seem almost alien.
Fascinating creatures.
Posted on 9/11/20 at 8:07 am to Nicky Parrish
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They seem almost alien.
They may be a type of intelligent life we can expect to find on alien worlds, especially water worlds. Theirs is a unique variation of evolution’s seeming inevitable progression to big-brained creatures.
Their are lots of examples of big-brained and intelligent vertebrates. Primates, dogs and wolves, dolphins and elephants are intelligent mammals. Some birds, though not necessarily big-brained, are exceedingly intelligent, too.
Octopi are the only big-brained invertebrates. They are an example of convergent evolution of the brain. Our common ancestor with them goes almost back to LUCA, the last universal common ancestor of everything.
They show us that big brains don’t have to be centrally located. They also illustrate to us that large brains can be an evolutionary expression for many different types of species.
We shouldn’t expect our first contact with an alien species to be with something that looks similar to us. It may more closely resemble an octopus.
Posted on 2/4/23 at 7:43 pm to Nicky Parrish
Wow
Posted on 2/4/23 at 8:55 pm to Nicky Parrish
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The male dies soon after mating,
Same thing happens to male humans after marriage.
Posted on 2/5/23 at 9:18 am to Angry Wolf
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Same thing happens to male humans after marriage.
Was waiting for this.
Posted on 2/5/23 at 1:21 pm to Nicky Parrish
If yall are ever in Savannah, get the Char-Grilled octopus at Vic's On The River. It's absolutely delicious. They don't make an entree out of it, unfortunately, but as an appetizer on the lunch menu, combined with a sensible salad, and a couple hundred calories of a good beer, it's the perfect lunch.
Posted on 2/5/23 at 5:53 pm to deeprig9
Posted on 2/6/23 at 7:57 pm to Kentucker
There is a scientific paper that draws the conclusion that octopi are in fact alien to this planet and frozen eggs in a meteor deposited them here.
I wish I could believe.
Alien Octopus
I hope we get to explore the ocean under the icy surface of Europa during my lifetime. I fully believe there will be life there. Microbial at the very least, but also intelligent life forms could be there, possibly even more developed than on our planet.
Europa’s ocean holds twice as much water as our oceans combined and has the all the known elements to sustain life. And if there is life they could have up to a 30 million year head start on life here.
I wish I could believe.
Alien Octopus
I hope we get to explore the ocean under the icy surface of Europa during my lifetime. I fully believe there will be life there. Microbial at the very least, but also intelligent life forms could be there, possibly even more developed than on our planet.
Europa’s ocean holds twice as much water as our oceans combined and has the all the known elements to sustain life. And if there is life they could have up to a 30 million year head start on life here.
This post was edited on 2/6/23 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 2/7/23 at 11:27 am to 1LoudTideFan
Still wild to me that they can actually change the color (and texture) of their skin.
And I don't care how benign they may be, I would nope the frick out if I walked up on this:
And I don't care how benign they may be, I would nope the frick out if I walked up on this:
Posted on 2/7/23 at 8:50 pm to 1LoudTideFan
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There is a scientific paper that draws the conclusion that octopi are in fact alien
Makes sense, did you never see Futurama?
Posted on 2/9/23 at 12:42 pm to Nicky Parrish
They discovered a six legged octopus a few years ago. Not a squid, a previously undiscovered octopus. Since octopus literally means eight legs, and that is the most known differentiator between it and a squid, it's kind of a problem
Posted on 2/21/23 at 6:25 pm to Nicky Parrish
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The male dies soon after mating
Pussy's undefeated.
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