Meeting
Taningia danae,
Mating
in the dark depths
of oceans
in chance encounters
Male
rips incisions
with beak,
with claws
into the fair female’s neck
moving rapidly
and then
deposits the spermatophores
into the wounds
with a penis
92 centimeters long
and dashes away
before the female lashes out and
devours him
in a cannibalistic reaction
Thereafter she
is sworn off sex for good.
The Disturbing Sex Lives of Deep Sea Squid
