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Why do so many cephalopods die immediately after reproducing?

Okay so the physical reason is that mating triggers a change in their brain chemistry and hormone levels that essentially poisons them and makes them behave strangely and stop eating. If the gland responsible for this change is removed, the cephalopod continues as normal and lives for many months after laying eggs.

But the evolutionary reason is the end-Cretaceous extinction. Cephalopods used to have a pretty huge variation in lifespan, ranging from a few months to over 200 years (https://www.iflscience.com/ancient-paperclipshaped-sea-creature-could-live-for-200-years-57685)

Large, long-lived cephalopods were hit hard by the mass extinction and those who survived did so by being short-lived and reproducing quickly, so they were selected for as cephalopods recovered from the extinction event. The most ancient species, the nautilus, can live for several decades and mate many times, hinting at the high diversity of life strategies that cephalopods used to have.

So yeah, the reason octopuses usually only live a year or two before self-destructing is because of that fucking asteroid.

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hey wait! i know you! we used to be chained next to each other in the cave! wow, so good to see you, how are ya? man. remember how we used to talk about the shadows on the wall together. gosh that was a long time ago. but hey. sure is one heck of a sun out here, right? it's good to see you.

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Feelings tonight

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you know what? Fuck you. *turns your strong and stoic and serious character into a crying, traumatized, whimpering, curled up mess in the floor*

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Every time I see one

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Real

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just overheard my wife spelling something on the phone and i shit you not saying the words “E as in Eeyore” i am on my hands and knees wailing screaming crying pleading and begging people to learn the NATO phonetic alphabet

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The Leech is a powerful and dangerous animal, not to be trusted

ID: 20 second video of a dark brown leech slowly sniffing my hand underwater, then gently swimming away and burrowing into the mud. "Mountain Village" from Pikuniku is playing. end ID.

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Dude i totally get why you say “help” now. It’s literally like, ....help! lol

like girl... help! lol

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I have a feeling this will become iconic in due time.  

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Trilobite beetles

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Logan, drunk af: “I love Wade… he’s so pretty, I want him now. I want to love him and kiss him and fuck him. He is so- I love him. Don’t tell him Kay?

Wade: Kay.

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Have we talked about this? Because if not, let me share my suffering with you.

You know the scene right before their heroic sacrifice?

Have you noticed that this bastard holds the photo RIGHT OVER WADE'S HEART? And what's worse, he keeps his hand RIGHT THERE throughout his entire speech about having no one to return to if he survives.

And to rub even more salt into the wound, there's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment where Wade looks at Logan's lips. And it’s precisely in THAT MOMENT, my friends, that Wade realizes Logan is now also part of that photo, and therefore, someone worth sacrificing himself for.

UPDATE: GUYS GUYS I just discovered it's MUCH WORSE, turns out WADE IS ALSO HOLDING THE PHOTO.

If you need me, I’ll be in a corner crying and throwing up.