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Title: Wonderpus Courtship. Bali, Indonesia.
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A pair of wunderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) during courtship/mating. The male, in this picture, is below the larger female, and his hectocotylus (third right arm, used for passing sperm to female, not he is facing towards the female here) is visible in the foreground. Seraya, Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.
- Bali
- Cephalopods: Cephalopoda
- critter
- Indonesia
- Invertebrates
- macro
- Marine Life
- Mollusks: Mollusca
- muck dive
- muck diving
- Octopus: Octopoda
- reprodcution
- reproduction
- SE Asia
- sex
- South East Asia
- tropical
- wunderpus octopus: wonderpus: Wunderpus photogenicus
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