Clbull@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoHow do octopuses have sex?NSFWlemmy.worldimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down14
arrow-up1133arrow-down1imageHow do octopuses have sex?NSFWlemmy.worldClbull@lemmy.world to Dank Memes@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squaregullible@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoHe goes so hard that she dies shortly after as well. She walks funny into the grave. Jokes aside, I never knew that male octopuses also die after mating.
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-26 months agoEssentially for both it’s hormone overload. They’ve got a gland behind their eyes that puts them into reproduction mode and once it turns on it never turns off until it kills them. They stop eating and eventually go crazy.
He goes so hard that she dies shortly after as well. She walks funny into the grave.
Jokes aside, I never knew that male octopuses also die after mating.
Essentially for both it’s hormone overload. They’ve got a gland behind their eyes that puts them into reproduction mode and once it turns on it never turns off until it kills them. They stop eating and eventually go crazy.
ah to be a teenager again