In most species, including humans, there is a balance between sex and survival. Some species, however, use a mating strategy called semelparity, in which they engage in a single, often excessive, mating episode before death. Join Brandon Alonso (’22) as he tells us about semelparity in several species, including pacific salmon and octopuses. Are the brains of semelparous animals different from the brains of species who don’t use this mating strategy? Can research on semelparity translate to humans? Or at least make us rethink our concept of death? Tune in to find out!