Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺 on Nostr: This is hilarious: "one female octopus threw silt 10 times at a male from a nearby ...

This is hilarious: "one female octopus threw silt 10 times at a male from a nearby den who was attempting to mate with her. She hit him on five occasions. “That sequence was one of the ones that convinced me [it was intentional],” says Godfrey-Smith. On four of these occasions, the male tried to “duck”, though he didn’t always succeed. In two cases, he anticipated the throws from the female’s movements and started dodging before the silt was propelled at him." https://www.newscientist.com/article/2287879-female-octopuses-throw-things-at-males-that-are-harassing-them/ #octopus