Photo copyright Tim Nicholson.
Taken in the Egyptian Red Sea.
Octopus Mating
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Octopusses are solitary. Mating can be risky for the male: he is smaller than the female and risks being attacked. The female watches his body postures and skin pattern. Once accepted the male stretches out a modified arm towards the female - shown in our photo. The arm has grooves along which sperm passes to the female's mantle cavity.
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Recommended Book: Underwater Photographer
by Martin Edge, Paperback, 249 pages (1999)
Recommended Video: BBC World Of Wildlife 7 - Squid And Octopus
David Attenborough and Mike deGruy
Recommended DVD: The Blue Plane6t
David Attenborough
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