Scientists Figure Out Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs

[Brajeshwar]

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-figure-out-why-female-octopuses-self-destruct-after-laying-eggs-180980088/

[retox]

If the mother is eating herself it makes sense, in my completely uninformed opinion, that it's an evolutionary behavior to ensure that there is enough food for the off spring.

[daniel-cussen → retox]

Different culture, less glorification of the individual.

[andrewjf]

Fascinating, but it doesn't really explain why, just how. Unless I missed it, I was really hoping for the why

[netizen-936824 → andrewjf]

Sometimes, the how is the why