46 Hilarious Hectocotylus Puns

TIL The male octopus does not have a penis. A special arm called the hectocotylus, carries the sperm, and in some species they do no use it for penetration. They simply rip the entire limb off, and present it to the female. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hec…

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👤︎ u/Guy-who-disagrees

📅︎ Oct 06 2021

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TIL the male argonaut, an octopus, uses an arm, the hectocotylus, to transfer sperm to the female. After insertion, the arm detaches in the female. When first discovered, the arm was thought to be a parasitic worm. Female argonauts were discovered in ancient times; males only in the 19th century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arg…

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👤︎ u/drak0bsidian

📅︎ Jun 22 2021

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Argonaut: Females are much bigger than males, about eight times larger and 600 times heavier. During mating, the male’s hectocotylus, an arm that contains sperm, is released and stays inside the female.

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👤︎ u/m3antar

📅︎ Nov 14 2020

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Octopus reproduction. Males have a modified third right arm called a hectocotylus, which has a sperm groove down it and a specialized tip. To mate, a male will insert his hectocotylus into the female's mantle. Typically, males die within months after mating.

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👤︎ u/Awa_de_uwu_18

📅︎ Aug 07 2020

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TIL that one of an Octopus’s right arms serves as its penis and is called a hectocotylus. thebluereporters.com/2017…

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👤︎ u/buccalbutt

📅︎ Apr 25 2020

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Octopus use one of their arms, the hectocotylus, to transfer sperm to the female. In some species this arm is so modified that it is detached when it is inserted into the female.

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👤︎ u/remotectrl

📅︎ Apr 22 2016

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TIL male optopuses have a specialised arm called a Hectocotylus that acts like a penis; sometimes they *wrench it off and present it to the female* rather than connecting it with the female's mantle cavity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hec…

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👤︎ u/zoidenberg

📅︎ Jan 19 2015

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The female Common Blanket Octopus (Tremoctopus violaceus) is very impressive and can grow to 2 meters in length. Males are a about a hundred times smaller and use an enlarged arm, called a hectocotylus, to transfer sperm to the female. This arm detaches during mating.

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👤︎ u/remotectrl

📅︎ Nov 07 2014

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TIL that one of an octopus' tentacles is called a 'hectocotylus', a specialised limb that essentially acts as a partly detachable penis and serves to implant a sperm capsule in the female octopus. Its discoverer initially believed it was a ‘parasitic worm’ when first found inside a female specimen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hec…

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👤︎ u/elbowprincess

📅︎ Mar 24 2014

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TIL The male octopus reproduces with a modified arm called the hectocotylus, which is about a meter long and holds rows of sperm He will either approach a female and insert the arm into her oviduct or take off the arm and give it to her to store in her mantle for later. science.howstuffworks.com…

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👤︎ u/thebeann

📅︎ Apr 30 2013

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Gura has seen too much

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👤︎ u/Kiro_Sama

📅︎ Oct 26 2021

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KDTD with his Kuso Dekai "Tentacle"

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👤︎ u/Fruitlessdog

📅︎ Nov 14 2021

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Blind Girl Here. Give Me Your Best Blind Jokes!

Do your worst!

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👤︎ u/Leckzsluthor

📅︎ Jan 02 2022

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What starts with a W and ends with a T

It really does, I swear!

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👤︎ u/PsychedeIic_Sheep

📅︎ Jan 13 2022

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Dropped my best ever dad joke & no one was around to hear it

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

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👤︎ u/Vegetable-Acadia

📅︎ Jan 11 2022

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This subreddit is 10 years old now.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

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👤︎ u/frexyincdude

📅︎ Jan 14 2022

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No normal sex

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👤︎ u/Tiger_Yu

📅︎ Nov 10 2021

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What is a a bisexual person doing when they’re not dating anybody?

They’re on standbi

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👤︎ u/Toby-the-Cactus

📅︎ Jan 12 2022

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What do you call quesadillas you eat in the morning?

Buenosdillas

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👤︎ u/FarronKeepSucks

📅︎ Jan 14 2022

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Geddit? No? Only me?

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👤︎ u/shampy311

📅︎ Dec 28 2021

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I wanna hear your best airplane puns.

Pilot on me!!

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👤︎ u/Paulie_Felice

📅︎ Jan 07 2022

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E or ß?

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👤︎ u/Amazekam

📅︎ Jan 03 2022

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No spoilers

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👤︎ u/Onfour

📅︎ Jan 06 2022

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Covid problems

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👤︎ u/theincrediblebou

📅︎ Jan 12 2022

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i Karenough to

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👤︎ u/Amazekam

📅︎ Jan 14 2022

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These aren't dad jokes...

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

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👤︎ u/Lance986

📅︎ Dec 15 2021

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I had a vasectomy because I didn’t want any kids.

When I got home, they were still there.

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👤︎ u/demotrek

📅︎ Jan 13 2022

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