Male octopuses have a specialized arm called a hectocotylus, which they use for reproduction. Some species even detach the arm entirely and leave it with the female until she’s ready to fertilize her eggs.
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Male octopuses have a specialized arm called a hectocotylus, which they use for reproduction. Some species even detach the arm entirely and leave it with the female until she’s ready to fertilize her eggs.
💌Find more ocean love: go.whoi.edu/ocean-lovers
filled with noise,
its shining, latent light within,
a tiny bell, small and soundless.
I fade away so that you may lose yourself.
I fold myself into my wings.”
Poem by Pedro Serrano, trans. by Don Cellini.
Psychedelic jellyfish, #argentiniandeepseeps, 3804 m
filled with noise,
its shining, latent light within,
a tiny bell, small and soundless.
I fade away so that you may lose yourself.
I fold myself into my wings.”
Poem by Pedro Serrano, trans. by Don Cellini.
Psychedelic jellyfish, #argentiniandeepseeps, 3804 m