At long last love. Love for the octopus.

[Otto]

Aw…

It’s like Love Story, except with octopi.

[silenus]

Ok, Otto. First it was sea monkeys, now it’s octopi. Is there something you are trying to tell us…?

[Olentzero]

If with many, many children, Aurora… will stop eating while she tends her eggs. She will weaken and die soon after they hatch.

Yeah, great. Sacrifice some poor woman just so some old fart can get laid for once in his life.

Nature is cruel, cruel indeed.

[wolfman]

Spermatophores were seen hanging from J-1’s siphon.

Ah yes, The ol’ Octopus Money shot.

[Triskadecamus]

So, do I file this link under “Science Articles/Marine Biology” or “Porn/animals”?

Tris

[Finagle]

Not just porn, but actual * tentacle * porn.

[GrizzRich]

Oh my gosh!
That article’s got SO many sig possibilities!!!

After meeting the very fetching and slightly younger Aurora, he changed color and his eight arms became intertwined with hers.

Spermatophores were seen hanging from J-1’s siphon.

*His skin is eroding. His suckers have divots. *

The two remained intertwined for about eight hours. It’s possible that during that time when J-1 was exploring Aurora’s mantle with his many suckered arms that he passed his sperm packet to her

[UrbanChic]

Love almost passed J-1 by. At 5 years of age and 52 pounds, he’s reaching the end of the line for his species, the largest octopus in the world.

Wow. They forgot to mention J has a comb-over and wears a Members Only jacket

[Munch]

Thank you for starting this thread, Otto - I just didn’t know where to begin.

With so little time left, J-1 wasn’t going to let the sweet Aurora slip through his eight octopus arms.

“I’ll use my mile card. I’LL USE MY MILE CARD!”

“It is just possible, we may see several thousand fertile eggs soon,” Hocking said. “We can only wait now and see what nature does.”

My guess is that nature is going to file a paternity suit and sue that dead beat J-1 for some child support money. Several thousand octopi don’t just raise themselves! (Oh, wait…they do.)

“The goal for this was to let him lead a full life,” Hocking said.

Then they should have been trying to hook him up with some sweet, sweet, invertabrate love several years ago, the bastards!

[harmless]

The two remained intertwined for about eight hours. It’s possible that during that time when J-1 was exploring Aurora’s mantle with his many suckered arms that he passed his sperm packet to her, Hocking said.

Psssssssst! Here’s the “packet”. You got the cash?

What the aquarium staff does know is that when they separated, J-1 flashed some colors, turning almost white and then dark red.

Well, I’m sure most males turn red after splashing white…oh, flashing white!

Aurora — who was about the size of a grapefruit when she was found in 2002 living inside an old tire in front of the SeaLife Center —

Oh, the good old days! Remember back when you had your own place?

Aurora [snip] will stop eating while she tends her eggs. She will weaken and die soon after they hatch.
Hocking said it seemed only right to give J-1 a chance to do what octopuses normally do before he dies.

What, kill another member of his species? That’s a good thing? :eek:

In his younger days, J-1 was an easygoing sort who did not try to escape his tank a lot, Hocking said. When aquarium staff would come by to clean, the octopus would reach out and grab hold of someone’s arm or a window cleaning tool.

*Cuz the octopi in the hood are alwayz cool
You come cleanin’ that window and we’ll pull on yo tool
Knowin’ nothin’ in life but to be legit
Don’t quote me boy, cuz I ain’t said squit… *

[Hey_It_s_That_Guy]

@harmless

*Cuz the octopi in the hood are alwayz cool
You come cleanin’ that window and we’ll pull on yo tool
Knowin’ nothin’ in life but to be legit
Don’t quote me boy, cuz I ain’t said squit… *

Well played, harmless! Eazy E (and Dynamite Hack) would be proud.

[Sisyphus_Stone]

So much calamari, so little time.

[harmless]

@Big Bad Voodoo Lou

Well played, harmless! Eazy E (and Dynamite Hack) would be proud.

merci beaucoup
: bow :

[Olentzero]

@harmless

*Cuz the octopi in the hood are alwayz cool
You come cleanin’ that window and we’ll pull on yo tool
Knowin’ nothin’ in life but to be legit
Don’t quote me boy, cuz I ain’t said squit… *

Word to the cephalopods, yo.

[Angua]

@Sisyphus' Stone

So much calamari, so little time.

<drool>

Hmmm… Calamari…

</drool>

[swampbear]

If Aurora did get cozy with J-1 and accept his spermatophores, or sperm packet, which is delivered from the only arm without suckers, she will produce anywhere from 60,000 to 100,000 eggs, which when hatched will look like little squid.

Sushi lovers everywhere are drooling in anticipation.

[Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor]

This thread is half porno, half Lovecraft.

Hmmm…anybody feel like writing a scholarly analysis of Lovecraft’s influence on Hentai?