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I was told that an Octopus has 3 hearts, this seemed interesting. As I started to ponder Octopus I wonderd how they breed, are they egg laying or fry or what?

Also I can find very little information on them, does anyone know more?
 
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There you go...
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How do octopuses reproduce?

The male has a modified arm called a hectocotylus that he stretches out to the female and inserts into her mantle cavity. The arm transfers spermatophores from a storage sac into her mantle cavity near the oviduct where the eggs are fertilized. Shortly after the eggs hatch, the female dies.

from http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/cephalopods.htm

OK so not as fully descriptive as really necessary but I really should be at work by now ;)

HTH
Steve
 
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