If last week's incredible footage of a Dumbo octopus wasn't enough to satisfy your cephalopod fancies, researchers exploring the depths of California's Monterey Bay have discovered an enormous octopus nursery.
Some 1,000 creatures were lying on the craggy seabed almost 10,500 feet below the surface. The largest discovery of its kind, many appeared to be inverted around eggs and even embryos in footage that was streamed live online.
Rows and rows of the eight-legged Muusoctopus robustus lay splayed among the rocks of the Southeast Davidson Seamount. "There's like three rivers flowing into this one here—three rivers of octopus," one crew member is heard saying in the video. "You can see lines of octopuses snaking up this formation of volcanic rock," she added.
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Deep down on seabed they are flocked over brooding.
ReplyDeleteNatural calls but nice getting together. No predators around?
Instinctive grabbed secure belt.