Giant Squids OF LOVE

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In which John discusses the strange and fascinating mating habits of the giant squid, and then ponders why the sexual and reproductive habits of so many animals tend to be inefficient and--to humans at least--very strange.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• nerdfighters
• animal
• reproduction
• mating
• giant
• squids
• evolution
• biology
• penile
• firehoses

[mmmmmheyyyy]

"Hank in the past 24 hours I've read so much about Squid sex I'm surprised the hotel still lets me have internet. "

Made. My. Life. :D

Seriously, you have no idea. I choked on my soup! :]

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

I have to say, Animal Sex Week has kind of given me a new appreciation for, well... human sex. I mean, seriously. It is pleasurable for both parties, it is not inherently violent in nature, and nobody has to a) die or b) lose body parts in order to participate. We've got it pretty damn good!

[leahkelley93]

You need to get laid, man.

[colorofrainfall]

My volume is so high and I think my mom can hear...... oops.

[Tropiduridae]

It's actually pretty neat. If mating was perfect and much easier for everything, then in nature we'd see many more hybrids. Seeing as a hybrid is usually an evolutionary dead end, the parents have just (from an evolutionary standpoint) wasted a ton of time and energy. That's why selection tends to make things difficult at the mating stage, making sure they get it right.

Don't worry, I'm a biologist. ;D

[Javjean]

2:00

I thought that's how I was meant to do it!

[bluebanshee3]

head feet. :)

[bluebanshee3]

cephalopods! there are other people in the world who find them amazing (if only for their sex lives.) best cephalopod documentary: Nova, 'The Kings of Camouflage.' (cuttlefish solve complex problems and octopuses use tools.)

[zelda0is0so0cool]

@thesinginggirl Thank you! I have read Looking for Alaska and though it was great and plan on reading all of John's books! :)

[thesinginggirl]

@zelda0is0so0cool A newbie! Don't worry, we're all friendly here. DFTBA is an initialism, which stands for 'don't forget to be awesome'. It's the nerdfighter motto. (If you were wondering, nerdfighters are like freedomfighters - we fight FOR nerds, not against them.) And TFiOS stands for The Fault in Our Stars, which is the title of John's newest book. It's brilliant - go and read it, even if you've never read any of his work before. Welcome to the gang and DFTBA!

[zelda0is0so0cool]

i feel like an idiot for asking but... what does DFTBA stand for?

and what about TiFOS(?) ?

[Khuratokh]

There's a theory that they evolved that way, because finding another giant squid that happens to be your own species is difficult in the abyss. some male specimens also have spermatofores implanted in their skin, which suggests the males don't always try to find out if a passing squid is actually female or not. Shoot first, don't ask questions later