What’s Odd About That Octopus? It’s Mating Beak to Beak. Most octopus females will mate with a male and then bite his head off—literally. But one elusive species has the sex without the snack.

She says it started as a fun picture. But it ended with the octopus biting her face with poisonous venom. She reflected: "This was not a good idea. Hindsight looking back. I will never do it again.

But the octopus didn't see the funny side and grabbed her with its suckers and then bit her face with its beak-like jaws twice. She told KIRO7: "It had barrelled its beak into my chin and then let ...

Tropical Octopus Definitely Mates Beak-to-Beak Larger Pacific striped octopus couples engage in a host of behaviors unheard of among other octopuses Rachel Nuwer August 12, 2015 ...