Translation of "Acasalamento" in English

Então, apesar de estar entusiasmado por este acasalamento começar,

So while I was very excited that this mating was beginning,

O polvos machos morrem alguns meses após o acasalamento.

Male octopuses die a few months after mating.

Terminado o acasalamento, a fêmea deposita os ovos no subsolo...

Mating over, she now heads underground to lay her eggs...

Durante a época de acasalamento muitos animais exalam fragrâncias fortes.

During mating season many animals exude strong fragrances.

E, depois, ver que ambos estavam bastante relaxados e aperceber-me: "Certo, vai começar o acasalamento."

And then seeing that both animals are pretty relaxed and realizing, "Okay, and then the mating is beginning."

Um dia, na época de acasalamento, tive um sonho em que eu via, fecundando o rebanho, machos listrados, malhados ou mosqueados.

For after the time came of the ewes conceiving, I lifted up my eyes and saw in my sleep that the males which leaped upon the females were of divers colours, and spotted, and speckled.