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octopus reproduction
females will eventually find some form of cave and spread her eggs over the walls
Sam Mattingly
courtship.. or not
The female will then spread the sperm over the eggs to fertilize them.
The gestation period can take anywhere from 2 the 10 weeks depending on the species of octopus.
The female will spend the remainder of her life not eating and watching over her eggs keeping them clean and safe. they die shortly after the eggs are hatched.
Once the eggs hatch they are on there own.
octopus are mostly
monecious creatures
however since they are technically mollusca they can be dioecious
There is no true courtship for the octopus.
Octopus don't live very long so they mature quickly. when the female is ready she realises feramones to draw male octopus towards her.
The only thing a male will do is show his suckers to prove his gender. other than that it is more like conduction bussiness
males and females have very
few noticeable difference's within
the species.
therefore there is no prettier gender
the only difference is that the 3rd tentacle on the right side of the males body is called a hectocotylus or as we would say. its his penis
females have usual femal reproductive organs oviducts ovaries and so on
Here's where it gets tricky
like most species the octopus' only job in life is to reproduce.
Most octopus will only live up to 1 to 2 years.
because time is so short mating can occur at anytime and any place there is no true reason for or why. it is as simple as finding any female.
males have two ways of giving their sperm to the females.
1) males can manually insert their arm or penis into the oviducts of the female and release the sperm packets
females can have many mates throughout her life. she can also collect sperm and preserve it her oviducts for 2/3rds of her life
females collect as much sperm as they can to increase the chances of their eggs being fertilized
therefore females and males are polygamous
2) males can tear off their arm and give it to the female to store so that later when she lays eggs she can fertilize them herself