Natures Most Awkward Mating RitualM

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In most octopus species, the male just transfers his sperm using a specialized arm called the hectocotylus. But for the tiny ones, like the Argonaut octopus (paper nautilus) and the Blanket Octopus (Tremoctopus), the female is so much bigger and more dangerous that the male has to rip off their sperm-filled arm and throw it like a tiny, autonomous drone, only to often tragically die shortly after.