Watching Octopus Babies Hatch Is Fascinating
March 25, 2020
In a short clip posted to Twitter, a single tiny Caribbean reef octopus (Octopus briareus) is shown wriggling free of a small cluster of eggs.
The octopus immediately changes its pigment after hatching.
ICYMI: Your daily squee has arrived. #octobabies pic.twitter.com/D9e5T5bkun
— Virginia Aquarium (@VAAquarium) February 7, 2018
In Port Phillip Bay, pale octopus (Octopus pallidus) lay their eggs in small caves. The female stays with her eggs until they all hatch.
"Over about 3 weeks I checked the progress of one female and her eggs," writes Pang Quong, "this footage was the result."
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