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Monday, May 20, 2013 | 5:33 p.m.

'Dirty' octopus attaches itself to dolphin's genitals

Researchers with the Ionian Dolphin Project witnessed a rare courtship off the coast of Greece: an octopus had attached itself to a dolphin's genital slit. The dolphin jumped out of the water a few times to shake the octopus loose and swam away unharmed once he succeeded. Gillian Pensavalle has some consoling words for the rejected octopus.
 
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