25 June,2024
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After migrating to their freshwater birthplace to spawn, Pacific salmon typically die shortly after reproduction.
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Female octopuses lay eggs and often die shortly after the eggs hatch. Males also die shortly after mating.
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Adult mayflies have a very short lifespan, often just a few hours to a few days, during which they reproduce and then die.
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Like other octopuses, the giant Pacific octopus dies after a single reproductive cycle.
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Nautiluses reproduce once and then die, though they have a long juvenile period before reaching maturity.
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Males engage in a frantic mating period and then die due to stress and exhaustion.
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Periodical cicadas emerge after 13 or 17 years underground, reproduce, and then die shortly after.
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