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Re:The Octopus: An Alien Among Us by Terr_ on Thursday September 26, 2019 @07:37PM (#21086829)
In regards to sci-fi, it sounds like the inverse of A Mote In God's Eye. Where [Spoiler Alert] the alien "Moties" had a biology that killed them if they went too long without mating.
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Re:The Octopus: An Alien Among Us by zzzzzzzza on Thursday September 26, 2019 @08:45PM (#21087347)
there's also a short story "love is the plan, the plan is death" that deals with similar themes (from an alien perspective)
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Re:The Octopus: An Alien Among Us by satvikpendem on Friday September 27, 2019 @04:49AM (#21089789)
Isn't that basically natural selection?
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