The Incredible Mating Ritual of Opalescent Squid

Clip: Season 41 Episode 6 | 2m 32s | Video has closed captioning.

When mating, a male opalescent squid grabs a female and his tentacles flush red. After laying their eggs, all the adults die. Almost everything will eat the dying parents, but the eggs carry toxins.

Aired: 01/25/23

Rating: NR

Buy Now:

Problems Playing Video? | Closed Captioning

Major support for NATURE is provided by the Arnhold Foundation, The Fairweather Foundation, Kate W. Cassidy Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, Kathy Chiao and Ken Hao, Charles Rosenblum, Sarah and Sandra Lyu in memory of Seung and Dorothy Lyu, Filomen M. D’Agostino Foundation, Lillian Goldman Charitable Trust, Gregg Peters Monsees Foundation, Koo and Patricia Yuen, Arlene and Milton D. Berkman, Sandra Atlas Bass, Bradley L. Goldberg Family Foundation, The Hite Foundation, by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by Viewers Like You.

More Extras

More Episodes

Teaching resources for Find standards-aligned teaching resources for Nature.

Explore Free Resources

2023-06-09T19:00:00-04:00	BBC News America
2023-06-09T19:30:00-04:00	GZERO World With Ian Bremmer: Who Polices the Supreme Court?
2023-06-09T20:00:00-04:00	Washington Week
2023-06-09T20:30:00-04:00	Firing Line With Margaret Hoover
2023-06-09T21:00:00-04:00	American Masters: Little Richard: The King and Queen of Rock and Roll

The Incredible Mating Ritual of Opalescent Squid

Buy Now:

Explore More Ways to Watch

More Science and Nature Shows