Female octopuses throw things at males annoying them

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Female octopuses have been observed throwing silt, shells and algae at males during unwanted mating attempts.

Footage of octopuses off the coast of Australia revealed the eight-legged animals “coordinated use of the arms, the web, and jets of water from the siphon, that results in material being forcibly projected through the water column, sometimes hitting other octopuses”.

Researchers from Australia, the US and Canada studied video of octopuses in the wild and found that females were generally more likely than males to throw things.

The preprint research paper, titled In the Line of Fire: Debris Throwing by Wild Octopuses, noted: “This sequence is also notable for the behaviors of the male who was the apparent target of the hits.

“In four cases the male ducked during the process of the throw itself, and over the course of the sequence, these movements occurred earlier in relation to the throw. In the first two cases, the target ducked after release of the throw; in the latter two, he ducked before the release, during preparatory motions by the thrower.”

In other instances, the researchers found that other octopuses raised arms in the direction of the thrower but did not duck. Sometimes, fish were hit instead of octopuses.

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/female-octopus-shells-target-male-b1910682.html

[Hyperobject 66,771]

queens 

 

[RAMROD 117,037]

Did it throw Dawn Of Chromatica CD? Cos I will need of those!

[holy scheisse 22,907]

I've heard that octopus slap fish out of spite for fun sometimes lol

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

My spirit animal. 

[River 127,406]

she's breaking dishes up in here, all night

[Borisapillar 10,128]

Same

[Guest]

So no different from humans then. 

[Guest]

as she should

[weed 78,930]

I gotta start carrying around a bag of dirt so I can throw it at people 

[Plastic Flower 5,586]

She rather ride squiward nose