每日口說挑戰你不知道的章魚超狂野生殖過程 (Sticking a Penis Into a Nostril: The Wild Story of Octopus Sex)

■octopus[ˋɑktəpəs] 章魚；複數形為octopuses、octopi
■boom [bum]
繁榮；迅速發展、激增、暴漲
發出隆隆聲(或嗡嗡聲等)
張帆桿；拍片(電影等)用的收音吊桿
隆隆聲; 呼呼聲; 嗡嗡聲
(商業等的)繁榮；迅速發展
■weed [wid]雜草；瘦弱/懦弱的人
煙草；大麻
除掉(雜草)；清除、淘汰
■marine [məˋrin] 海洋的；航海的；海運的；海軍陸戰的
船舶海運業；海軍陸戰隊士兵
☺Octopus populations have been booming in the past 60 years to the point where some marine biologists even call them “the weeds of the sea.”
章魚的數量在過去六十年間不斷暴增，多到連海洋生物學家們都把它們戲稱做「海中的雜草」。
【心得】原來公章魚交配要冒著被母章魚吃掉或變太監的風險。

謝謝主持人介紹這麼有趣的影片…

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Octopus populations have been booming in the past 60 years to the point where some marine biologists even call them “the weeds of the sea.”

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Octopus populations have been booming in the past 60 years to the point where some marine biologists even call them “the weeds of the sea.”
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■marine biologists（海洋生物學家）
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■tentacle (n.)（海洋動物的）觸手，觸角
♪ The octopus has 8 [tentacles]. And in the male, one of those tentacles is also a penis. Well, sort of.

■hectocotylus (n.)【動】交配腕、交接腕、化莖腕: a modified arm of a male cephalopod that is specially and variously adapted to effect the fertilization of the eggs
▪ cephalopod (n.) 頭足類動物
♪ This is the [hectocotylus], a specialized mating arm with a groove that runs along tentacle carrying packets of sperm to be distributed from the tip.

■live solitary, antisocial lives（過著獨居、反社會的生活）
♪ Most octopuses [live solitary, antisocial lives], hunting and scavenging for food along ocean floor.

■deposit (v.) 留下；存放: to leave something somewhere
■mantle (n.)（軟體動物等的）套膜
■expel waste（排泄廢物）
■nostril (n.) [C] 鼻孔
♪ The male must [deposit] its sperm into a hole in the female's [mantle] a hole that she uses to breathe and [expel waste]. Or as Aristotle romantically described: "the [Nostril] of the Female."

■procreate (v.) 生殖、生育
♪ In a vast and sparse ocean, the opportunity to [procreate] is rare and for most octopus species, it will be the last thing they ever do because for male octopuses, the prospect of mating is a dangerous one.

■cannibal (adj./n.) 同類相食的、兇殘的、自相殘殺的(動物)
♪ You see, the female is often larger, hungrier, oh, and [cannibal]. So, in order to protect himself, he must make a careful and considered approach.

■copulate (v.) 交配
♪ For longer armed octopuses, the move of choice is The Reach. To keep their distance from the cannibal female the male will stretch his mating arm as long as possible, keeping the distance while he [copulates].

■forage (v.) 搜尋；（尤指）覓食: to go from place to place searching for things that you can eat or use
♪ Some species will even wait until the female is [foraging for food] and therefore too preoccupied to eat them.

■a dementia-like state（很像癡呆的狀態）
■senescence (n.) 衰老: 1. the state of being old; 2. the growth phase in a plant or plant part (such as a leaf) from full maturity to death
♪ Once the copulation is complete, the octopuses' life mission is complete. Both male and female will experience [a dementia-like state] of being after mating called: [Senescence].

■dens (n.)（野獸的）巢穴: the lair of a wild usually predatory animal
▪ lair (n.)（野獸的）巢穴；（人的）藏身處
♪ The male will experience this alone. They do not eat or return to their [dens], and will eventually die from their weakened state.

■devote sth to sth/sb（把…奉獻給…）
♪ The female will [devote the rest of her days to her eggs] ensuring that her thousands of offspring hatch before dying of exhaustion.

■courtship (n.) [U]（動物的）求偶；[C][U]（人的）求愛、求婚、求愛期
♪ This unconventional [courtship] will create 56,000 eggs. And because the yield is stable, only 2 will survive to maturity.
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所以說吃公章魚腳的時候…
會有1/8的機率吃到其實不是章魚腳的部位嗎…？✧(≖ ◡ ≖✿)

我是從Oasis - Supersonic裡的Yellow Submarine連到披頭四的(°▽°)

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housewife 帶有一點點歧視感
可用"stay at home mom"來代替
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DAY308
這篇讓我想到晚餐在我面前被哥哥夾走的章魚壽司

Octopus populations have been booming in the past 60 years to the point where some marine biologists even call them “the weeds of the sea.”

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Octopus populations have been booming in the past 60 years to the point where some marine biologists even call them “the weeds of the sea.”

DAY 17
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