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Title: Mimic Octopus Mating. Sulawesi, Indonesia
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A pair of mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) mating/courtship. The smaller male is at the top of the frame and is on top of the female as he tries to place his sperm sac inside her mantle. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Molucca Sea.
- Alexander Mustard
- critter
- Indonesia
- Lembeh Strait
- macro
- mimic octopus: Thaumoctopus mimicus
- muck dive
- muck diving
- reprodcution
- reproduction
- sex
- South East Asia
- Sulawesi
- tropical
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