The bizarre mating ritual of octopuses: Watch the moment a male gets DRAGGED ... trends now
Waiting for the man to get his act together during sex can often be a source of frustration.
But it seems women are not the only members of the animal kingdom to swiftly lose interest in a fumbling male.
New footage reveals a hilarious mating encounter between male and female algae octopuses off the Indonesian island of Bunaken.
In the clip, the male starts getting dragged around the ocean floor mid-sex by the 'impatient' female when he can't find his entrance.
The unfortunate cephalopod desperately holds on with one of his eight arms, known as the 'hectocotylus', which can emit sperm from the very tip.
In the clip, the male (left) gets dragged around the sea floor by the 'impatient' female (right) via the male's mating arm, known as a hectocotylus
The astonishing clip is taken from an upcoming National Geographic documentary, 'Secrets of the Octopus'.
'It was surprising, and comical, to witness mating on the move,' series producer Adam Geiger told Live Science.
'The female [is] essentially dragging the male – hanging on for dear life – over the reef while she got on with other things.
'The algae octopus were the only species in the series we witnessed mating this way, but who knows, others may do this, too.'
Initially the male, perched on a rock at the bottom of the sea, gets the female's attention with an incredible show known as a 'passing cloud display'.
His tens of thousands of skin cells change colour in flashes to send the female a message.
'The passing cloud display means different things to different cephalopods,' said Geiger.
'With the algae octopus, the passing cloud display seems to be an expression of interest in mating – a general "I'm available" signal.'
The fascinating footage of the octopi encounter was captured off the island of Bunaken in Indonesia for National Geographic
Many male octopuses lack external genitalia and instead use a modified arm, called a hectocotylus,
