The article “Amorous Squids Seeks Partner: Any Sex Will Do” in the New York Times is about the Octopoteuthis Deletron squid. Not much is known about this type of squid except it lives thousands of feet below the water where there is hardly any life or any life. Scientist have discovered that their lifestyle is one filled with solitude and the squid can’t tell the difference between a male or a female, due to this mistake they tend to mate with the same sex equally as they will with the opposite sex.
How they mate is the male ejaculates a packet of sperm at the mating partner, and the packet turn inside out and the sperm sticks to the mate’s flesh. Then the female would fertilize them when she is ready. This ritual can be done to earthier a male or female. Sciences also have discovered these sperm cells on males as well as females. Some blame their lonely lifestyle with no contact with other Octopoteuthis Deletron squid when another squid comes along, they don’t take the chance that it may or may not be the opposite sex they mate and then leave.
I believe this theory because a lonely life can be hard on anyone even animals, lonely is lonely and if you get a chance to not be alone even if it is with another of your same gender. This can be exemplified in humans as well when subjected to similar conditions. This does not mean that the squid is “gay” it should be understood as “lonely squid”.
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