Sex at arm’s length? Male octopuses use specialised arm to mate, scientists find

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Sex at arm’s length? Male octopuses use specialised arm to mate, scientists find

Sensory organ in male cephalopod able to detect female hormone progesterone, even if male cannot see partnerSex might seem an intimate act, but scientists have shed fresh light on how octopuses manage it at arm’s length.…

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