In Octopus’s Garden, Sex Is Sleuthy | discovery.com
“Marine biologists studying wild octopuses have found a kinky and violent society of jealous murders, gender subterfuge and once-in-a-lifetime sex.” Click-through for the whole article.
This is a female Pacific giant octopus who guards her eggs in a den for six months. Gradually she starves, and her last act of devotion is blowing water over her eggs to help them hatch. And then she dies.
from BBC/David Attenborough’s Life via dailymail.co.uk



