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Seattle Aquarium: No Octopus Sex on Valentine's Day
TheStranger.com (blog)
The highlight of Octopus Week is usually the “blind date,” in which the aquarists bring two of their octopuses together to mate in front of a large audience. (Really, I could not make this up.) Unfortunately, the octopus copulation has been cancelled ...
Attention: the public octopus sex act has been cancelledCrosscut

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Seattle Aquarium cancels octopus sex act due to cannibalism concerns
KUTV 2News
SEATTLE (KOMO) -- The octopus at the Seattle Aquarium won't be getting any love this Valentine's Day. Each Valentine's Day the Aquarium invites people to watch the sea creatures mate, but this year the chance to watch some 8-armed nooky has been ...
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Seattle Aquarium cancels octopus mating session
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The aquarium was concerned the 70-pound cephalopod could eat the creature it mates with, according to the affiliate. The female octopus available was about half his weight, forcing the aquarium to call off the sex session. Kong's size may have saved ...


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Seattle Aquarium cancels octopus mating event, fears cannibalism
Dayton Daily News
But aquarium workers couldn't find an appropriate mate for Kong, a 70-pound octopus. They canceled the "blind date" event because they feared that he would eat any female octopus with whom they could potentially pair him. All the female octopuses whom ...


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Octopus refused sex because of fears he may EAT his partner afterwards
Mirror.co.uk
An octopus was denied some Valentine's Day romance after its handlers became concerned that he might EAT his sex partner. An eight-legged male is always at the centre of Seattle Aquarium's February 14 celebrations, as they invite the public to watch ...
Octopus sex show canceled due to fear of cannibalismDeath and Taxes
Seattle Aquarium cancels octopus sex act due to cannibalism concernsWGME
Octopus Mating Session Called Off At Seattle Aquarium Due To Fears Of CannibalismCounsel & Heal

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Octopus Week finale
The Seattle Times
Throughout the week the aquarium hosted cephalopod-centric events like octopus releases, feedings and special dives with an octopus in the large Window on Washington Waters tank. The week normally also features an “octopus blind date,” which made ...


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