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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 riding on top of the female as he tries to place his sperm sac inside her mantle with his arm. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Molucca Sea.
- 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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