“Researchers from Australia, Canada and the US have found that female octopuses sometimes throw objects at males attempting to mate with them. Back in 2015, the research team had recorded instances of octopuses throwing things at other octopuses, but whether these actions were accidental or intentional had remained unclear. To answer this question, they revisited the same site in Jervis Bay, off the coast of Australia, where octopuses reside in large numbers. After recording more such instances and studying them carefully, it became abundantly clear that female octopuses were, in fact, engaged in several types of object-throwing behaviour.”

“In most instances, the females hurled materials like silt, shells and rocks simply to remove obstacles along their way or to build nests. But in some cases, these objects were clearly thrown at nearby male octopuses, especially the ones attempting to mate with them. Multiple instances of females targeting specific males were also observed. In one scenario, a female was seen throwing silt at a particularly bothersome male octopus at least 10 times! Females did the hurling by grabbing materials like rocks, silt or shells and holding them under the body. The material was then placed over a siphon that octopuses use for pushing out a jet of water very quickly, and subsequently propelled at their desired target” the Weather Channel reports.

Sounds like “grabbing them by the octo-pussy” is easier joked than done, even when you have eight tentacles to do it with. But when you’re a starfish, they let you do it. You can do anything.