The kinkiest animal in the kingdom
Who doesn't love a little random animal sex factoid moment every now and then? Turns out, the octopus is one kinky little mother. U.C. Berkeley scientists got more than they bargained for when they spent weeks observing the notoriously shy cephalopods ensconced in reefs off the coast of Indonesia. Cross dressing and strangulation are just a few of the racy tactics these fetishistic creatures engage in when it comes to getting laid:
"Alpha males would never leave the side of their female consorts, and dealt with other suitors-that might try to remove the alpha male's sperm from the female and replace it with their own-harshly, sometimes by strangling them to death with their tentacles. The less manly of the lot would often impersonate females to avoid stronger males by altering stripes on their bodies to look more like those of the fairer sex. They would then sneak up on a possible mate and engage in an act of copulation that lasted up to six times longer than their more macho peers (topping out at 30 minutes). The end result: both sexual partners died within several weeks, but not until after the females each laid thousands of eggs to carry the freak show to future generations." (Scientific American)
Must've made for a pretty embarrassing class trip for those scholars, huh?
