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Title: Mimic Octopus Mating. Indonesia.
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A pair of mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) mating/courtship. The smaller male, right, 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.
- Cephalopods: Cephalopoda
- critter
- Indonesia
- Invertebrates
- Lembeh Strait
- macro
- Marine Life
- mating
- mimic octopus: Thaumoctopus mimicus
- Mollusks: Mollusca
- muck dive
- muck diving
- Octopus: Octopoda
- reprodcution
- reproduction
- sex
- South East Asia
- Sulawesi
- tropical
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