• gullible
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    110 months ago

    He goes so hard that she dies shortly after as well. She walks funny into the grave.

    Jokes aside, I never knew that male octopuses also die after mating.

    • roguetrick
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      10 months ago

      Essentially for both it’s hormone overload. They’ve got a gland behind their eyes that puts them into reproduction mode and once it turns on it never turns off until it kills them. They stop eating and eventually go crazy.