Consider the cuttlefish. There is at least one species that has a very affectionate looking mating ritual. A courting male will approach the female and tenderly caress her forehead with one of his arms. It is almost a touching scene: an act of platonic physical affection. It is a deviation from the cold and heartless world of nature. Even these animals, invertibrates, can be kind and loving. Why can we not learn a lesson from these loving beasts!?
But wait, not so fast.
We must not forget that the male delivers his sperm through a groove in one of his arms. So there is a one in six chance that he is in fact rubbing his genitals all over her face. Also, since it is suspected that cuttlefish have chemoreceptors all over their bodies. So she may be able to smell/taste the whole thing.
Not so cute now, is it? In fact it is kind of gross. But that is the way of nature. Gross.
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