Annabel Crabb

Annabel Crabb Instagram – Flying visit to the @worldsciencefestivalbrisbane with @leigh_sales at the weekend where the pair of us learned – live on stage from the magically-gifted marine biologist and “Secrets Of The Octopus” creator @alex.schnell – that an octopus’s penis is actually its eighth arm. (Do not ask me how the conversation turned this way, it wasn’t planned to. And apologies to the record-breaking NASA astronaut @astro_christina and the founder of the @worldscifest @brian_greene111, who may not have anticipated our on-stage digression into octo-tackle)
The Argonaut Octopus, I subsequently read, will sometimes detach the relevant arm after mating and hurry away from the scene, given that females will sometimes kill and eat them after the biologically-imperative elements of the hookup are complete.
IT GROWS BACK.
I honestly worry that @leigh_sales will not recover from this reveal.
And sorry about grubbying up your lovely festival, Brian.
Follow @alex.schnell for more astounding cephalopod facts – she knows a LOT about giant cuttlefish and they are DEEPLY weird.
We are coming back to Brisbane and @atqpac for a @chat10looks3 show on May 9 … consider yourselves warned that this content may be revisited. | Posted on 31/Mar/2025 03:03:13