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May 19, 2022 47 secs
For years, scientists have wondered why octopuses torture themselves after mating.

We’ve long known that mother octopuses torture themselves and sometimes even eat themselves when their eggs are close to hatching.

Researchers say that mother octopuses torture themselves after mating due to chemical changes that occur around the time the mother lays her eggs.

And, when the mother has laid her eggs, these glands go into overdrive.

Altogether, the researchers found three separate chemical shifts that occur at the same time the octopus mother lays her eggs.

However, it may be one of the chemical changes causing octopuses to torture themselves after mating.

The researchers believe that these chemical changes all come together and cause octopuses to torture themselves.

As such, the torture, and subsequent death caused by these changes could be a way of naturally culling the older generation to protect the younglings before they can be killed and eaten by the older octopuses.

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