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The one arm an octopus will never risk in a fight—its sex arm
Researchers studying the Japanese pygmy octopus report that males carefully protect a specialized mating arm, behavior ...
The California two-spot octopus is a solitary creature. How exactly they manage to find suitable mates has been one of the ocean’s best-kept secrets. Now scientists have discovered that male octopuses ...
The specialized arm that male octopuses use for mating is also a sensory organ that can detect the ovarian hormone progesterone, according to new experiments conducted by Pablo Villar and colleagues.
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