It was a May-December romance that really had legs: Young Aurora, a female giant octopus and her aging cephalopod suitor J-1 were thrown together for a blind date seven months ago by aquarists who hoped the two would mate. By all appearances, their fling was a success, and Aurora began dribbling long strings of eggs down the sides of her tank the following month. Though her sweetheart died of old age in September, the pitter-patter of tiny tentacles seemed close at hand..... read it all: Octopus Doesn't Give Up on Motherhood
Random octopus graphic:
"Octopus - The River
from their mega-rare debut album, Restless Night, released in 1970"
See also: 14 references to octopus in Gravity's Rainbow and octopus porn.
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