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I don't think they're alone on one (mander.xyz)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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[–] 33 points 7 months ago* (5 children)

It's been a long time since I studied octopus anatomy (well, it was really just an overview of the [three?] cephalopods), but don't they have eight arms, of which only one has the sperm tube? So it's not like they have a 'favorite' arm, it's just the one arm that can do it, so it's their favorite arm.

post search: Yeah, it's called a hectocotylus.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    Wait a minute... One octopus arm is actually a dick...? Excuse me what how what I since when how did the fuck what

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    Jesus fucking Christ what in the

    Depending on the species, the male may use it merely as a conduit to the female, analogously to a penis in other animals, or he may wrench it off and present it to the female.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    That last one really gets down to rituals some in the human world partake in. Never been a big proponent of CBT myself (it is too easily used to lead astray folks into things like ABA without empathy or little sheldons thinking they're so smart for trying to shape another), but if the mentality is present in multiple species, maybe there's something to it.

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