# At long last love. Love for the octopus. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004 "2004-05-13T19:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/1 "2004-05-13T19:58:25Z")
[Aw…](http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&e=4&u=/ap/20040513/ap_on_sc/octopus_love) It’s like _Love Story_, except with octopi. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/2 "2004-05-13T20:06:25Z")
Ok, Otto. First it was [sea monkeys,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=256035) now it’s octopi. Is there something you are trying to tell us…? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/3 "2004-05-13T20:07:54Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/4 "2004-05-13T20:11:26Z")
> [@](#): > > Spermatophores were seen hanging from J-1’s siphon. Ah yes, The ol’ Octopus Money shot. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/5 "2004-05-13T20:16:34Z")
So, do I file this link under “Science Articles/Marine Biology” or “Porn/animals”? Tris ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/6 "2004-05-13T20:26:09Z")
Not just porn, but actual \* tentacle \* porn. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/7 "2004-05-13T20:36:37Z")
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_ ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/8 "2004-05-13T20:41:54Z")
> [@](#): > > 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 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/9 "2004-05-13T20:52:55Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/10 "2004-05-13T21:53:48Z")
> [@](#): > > 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, _flash_ing 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… \* 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/11 "2004-05-14T03:05:39Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Sisyphus\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sisyphus\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sisyphus_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/12 "2004-05-14T03:27:47Z")
So much calamari, so little time. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/13 "2004-05-14T04:08:50Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > Well played, **harmless**! Eazy E (and Dynamite Hack) would be proud. merci beaucoup : bow : ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/14 "2004-05-14T04:56:55Z")
> [@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. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/15 "2004-05-14T10:23:59Z")
> [@Sisyphus' Stone](#): > > So much calamari, so little time. ☹ \ Hmmm… Calamari… \ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/16 "2004-05-14T12:09:24Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-long-last-love-love-for-the-octopus/245004/17 "2004-05-14T12:28:34Z")
This thread is half porno, half Lovecraft. Hmmm…anybody feel like writing a scholarly analysis of Lovecraft’s influence on Hentai?