SMOOCH Two larger Pacific striped octopuses mate beak-side to beak-side, defying what people thought they knew about octopus intimacy. R. Caldwell By Susan Milius ...

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 ...

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.

August 17, 2015 An Octopus That Mates ‘Beak-to-Beak’ The larger Pacific striped octopus is, despite its name, no bigger than a tangerine.