![Octopus reproduction. Males have a modified third right arm called a hectocotylus, which has a sperm groove down it and a specialized tip. To mate, a male will insert his hectocotylus into Octopus reproduction. Males have a modified third right arm called a hectocotylus, which has a sperm groove down it and a specialized tip. To mate, a male will insert his hectocotylus into](https://i.redd.it/vat35t7t9hf51.jpg)
Octopus reproduction. Males have a modified third right arm called a hectocotylus, which has a sperm groove down it and a specialized tip. To mate, a male will insert his hectocotylus into
![Beak-to-beak mating in Larger Pacific Striped Octopus. A) Insertion of... | Download Scientific Diagram Beak-to-beak mating in Larger Pacific Striped Octopus. A) Insertion of... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280999095/figure/fig2/AS:339867880968198@1458042226155/Beak-to-beak-mating-in-Larger-Pacific-Striped-Octopus-A-Insertion-of-male.png)
Beak-to-beak mating in Larger Pacific Striped Octopus. A) Insertion of... | Download Scientific Diagram
Which arm of the male octopus inseminates the female and do people who eat octopus eat that arm too without knowing that particular arm is like the inseminater? .. ive always wondered
![When a male octopus finds a mate. he rips his penis off. throws it at the female so she can inseminate herself. The male will then grow another penis. If that isn't When a male octopus finds a mate. he rips his penis off. throws it at the female so she can inseminate herself. The male will then grow another penis. If that isn't](https://imageproxyb.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/144d4464f25591f1e75499e6bfd9b38793ef26e30b1ecf11ea625bb0f3d58667_1.jpg)