Five years ago, a group of scientists stumbled upon 20,000 pearl octopuses brooding their eggs near the base of an extinct volcano, 80 miles off of the Monterey coast. They had discovered the large…
Five years ago, a group of scientists stumbled upon 20,000 pearl octopuses brooding their eggs near the base of an extinct volcano, 80 miles off of the Monterey coast.
For three years, scientists monitored the site to understand the hatching cycle, recording both the developmental stage of eggs at 31 nests and the inevitable deaths of octopus moms. But when the mother octopuses sit atop the warm springs, they’re experiencing “still a cool morning, but not with that bite of air,” with temperatures reaching around 41 degrees Fahrenheit.
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