Brief But Eye-Popping Video Shows Cuttlefish Getting Their Freak On

Giant cuttlefish havesome unusual mating rituals . But once they find out a suitable collaborator , the act of knocking boots ( er , tentacle ? ) is kind of incredible to watch .

https://gizmodo.com/watch-the-worlds-largest-cuttlefish-battle-for-mating-r-5919643

New Scientistreports :

During mating , which hire shoes head - to - psyche , a male embraces a distaff then squirts sperm in her mouth with a specialised arm .

To broach sex , a male open his arms around his better half ’s head , also shown in the picture below . Once the deed is done , the distaff stores the deposited sperm in one of two places , either around the lining of her mouth or in a receptacle below her beak . Her eggs are fertilized internally before she lay them in crevices : they need to be protected since she will die at the death of the fostering season .

The television , NSFW in title only ( diddle your own Barry White soundtrack ) , was burgeon forth by the Marine Biological Laboratory’sRoger Hanlon .

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