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The Love Life of an Octopus

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An octopus slithers into a narrow crack near the shore; we see its eye up close. It feeds on a crab. In spring it's time to mate. A male grabs a female; he inserts his third arm in her respiratory cavity. We watch another pair: a larger…

DirectorsJean Painlevé·Geneviève Hamon

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